Police have confirmed that fireside gutted The Redeemed Church, alongside Federal Faculty of Training (FCE) Street Kontagora, even because the Christian neighborhood within the space stated hoodlums had been behind the incident.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Wasiu Abiodun instructed LEADERSHIP that “data was obtained at about 4 am, there was a fireplace incident at RedeemedChurch, alongside FCE Street Kontagora.
“The hearth incident burnt and destroyed the church’s useful property, worth but to be ascertained. The Police patrol group led by DPO A Div Kontagora visited the scene. The inferno was delay in collaboration with the hearth service, however the fireplace has achieved a number of harm.”
He, nevertheless, added that the reason for the inferno is but to be ascertained, as an investigation into the unlucky incident is ongoing, and no life was misplaced.
The chairman of the Christian Affiliation of Nigeria (CAN) Niger State Chapter, Most Rev. Dr Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, apparently attributed it to a hatchet job and condemned the incident by “unidentified arsonists”.
Whereas describing the incident as barbaric and uncalled for, he stated it was a painful factor to the Christian neighborhood.
He added that the federal government must take correct motion by guaranteeing the culprits are dropped at ebook, saying that “There may be freedom of worship in Niger State. I’m certain the federal government and safety companies will take motion by then. It’s going to go an extended solution to handle any rigidity which will need to escalate past management.
“We hope that the legislation will take its course. Points like this have to be tamed, and individuals who have achieved this needs to be fished out and made to face the legislation”, he said.
An assistant pastor of the Church, Pastor Samson Ogbebor, stated the incident occurred round 3 am on Saturday, including that “I received a misery name that our Church was on fireplace and on getting there, I met a church that has been in existence for the previous 20 years being burnt down and properties looted by hoodlums.’’
“This Church has confronted a lot of challenges, typically about 10 years in the past, hoodlums got here and burnt it down utterly and with self efforts, we had been capable of erect it once more”, he recalled.
