The Pastor-in-charge of the Evangelical Church Winning All in the area, Rev. Daniel Danbeki, and 37 others were gruesomely murdered by the assailants during the attack which lasted from 9pm on Thursday night till the early hours of Friday.
Browsing: Evangelical Church Winning All
The incident occurred during the Sunday service on April 3 as the Deacon preached against “get-rich-quick” syndrome
This development and another attack in Igabi LGA was confirmed by the Kaduna State Government on Sunday.
The burial, organised by the Evangelical Church Winning All, Manchok, was attended by relatives, friends, associates and top government officials, including Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
The Bishop has been criticised by some Nigerians following his Christmas Day message in which he accused President Muhammadu Buhari of nepotism.
It also urged government to end banditry and other forms of insecurity in Katsina, Zamfara, Niger and other states in the northern part of the country.
The spokesperson of the Benue State Police Command, DSP Catherine Anene, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Makurdi.
The villages visited by the rampaging gunmen were Dankande and Dogon Dawa in Birnin Gwari local government area and Guguwa-Kwate village and Rigasa area in Igabi local government area of the state.
Gado said of the CAN directive: “They are on their own.”
She was abducted and allegedly kept at the palace of the Emir for ‘Islamic evangelism’
Respondents in the case were the Katsina State Government, Katsina Emirate Council and Jamilu Lawal
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the girl had eloped, embraced Islam and married one Jamilu Lawal in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State
Gado said: “Post independent Nigeria, some ethnic groups began to claim supremacy over others, which led to division, disintegration, oppression, subjugation and injustice
It was gathered that the explosives were planted in the toilet of the church