Gunmen set ECWA Church ablaze during Christmas service, many worshippers missing

DailyPost has received reports that unknown gunmen, attacked a branch of the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) in Potiskium, Yobe State, during a midnight mass on Christmas Eve.

According to eye-witnesses, six people including the pastor, before setting the church building on fire.

“A group of gunmen came into the village at midnight and went straight to the church,” Usman Mansir, a resident of Peri village near Potiskum, said.

“They opened fire on them, killing the pastor and five worshippers. They then set fire to the church,” he added, specifying that a branch of the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) was targeted.

Idi Garba, the head of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Yobe, says many worshippers are still missing.

Yobe police chief Sanusi Rufa’i said “this is a security issue” and refused to comment further.

Although Yobe’s population is majorly Muslim, Potiskum, the commercial hub of Yobe has a significant Christian minority

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