Armed robbers attack church in Kwara

Pastorates living inside the premises of Emmanuel Baptist Church Cathedral located in Sabo Oke area of Ilorin, Kwara State were yesterday robbed by six men of the underworld.

It was gathered that the pastors were dispossessed of their belongings such as laptops, trinkets and some undisclosed amount of money.

The robbers came in search of the proceeds raised from an event which the church had on Sunday.

From the information gathered, the hoodlums overpowered five security men on duty after scaling through the fence of the church.

According to a member of the security guards on duty at the time of the incident, the hoodlums seized one of them and asked him to lead them to where the church keeps their proceeds.

The security guard who spoke on the ground of anonymity said, “The robbers used diggers, sledge hammers and an axe to break the safe, but did not find any money there.

“The disappointed robbers commanded one of us to take them to the vicarage. The robbers then ordered the vicar to bring out the church money or they would shoot him dead.”

The security guard noted that they had to plead with the hoodlums not to shoot the clergymen as they vicar is not given the church proceeds, but only relies on his wages.

He further stated that the entire pastorates were robbed in an operation that lasted for three hours after they reluctantly released the Vicar.

Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi, the Public Relations Officer of Kwara State Police Command, said the church did not make a distress call to the police as at the time the robbery was going on and they are yet to make any official report to the police.

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