Hoodlums Beat Up & Injure
Worshippers During Church Service In
Osun
Hoodlums Beat Up & Injure Worshippers During Church Service In Osun
Worshipers at the Divine Victory
Evangelical Church of God Gospel
Ministry last Sunday escaped death by a
whisker as hoodlums armed with guns
and other dangerous weapons invaded
the church, beat them up and injured
some.
Our correspondent gathered that one
of the youths at Isale Agbara in Ita
Olokan area of Osogbo where the
church is located was seen defecating
very close to the church and was
challenged by some of the
worshippers.
The youth was said to have left the
place in anger and went and
mobilised some hoodlums who were
armed with guns, cutlasses and other
weapons. The hoodlums, on getting
to the church, unleashed terror on
the worshipers during service. The
incident happened on Sunday
January 31st, 2016.
Some of the youths in the church
were said to have engaged the
hoodlums in a fight but they were
overpowered and some of them were
reportedly injured by the hoodlums.
A resident of the area, who
identified himself simply as Taye,
told our correspondent in Osogbo on
Saturday that the service was
disrupted as most of the worshipers
fled the scene of the incident after
about 10 of them had been injured
by the rampaging hoodlums.
He said, “I heard that one of the area
boys went to defecate close to the
church and he was chased away by
the church members.
The boy was said to have gone and
brought some of his colleagues to
come and attack the church.
” Some of the church members
were injured by the area boys but
the arrival of the officials of the
National Security and Civil Defence
Corps prevented the hoodlums
from destroying the church
completely and even killing some
of the worshippers.”
The Head, Public Relations and
Protocol Unit of the NSCDC in Osun
State, Mr. Wale Folarin, confirmed
the incident while speaking on the
telephone with our correspondent.
He said seven of the attackers were
arrested and weapons including a
locally made gun were recovered
from them.
Folarin said, “The timely
intervention of officers and men of
the Civil Defence prevented the
fracas from escalating.
“Hoodlums and other trouble
makers are warned not to
jeopardise the peace being enjoyed
in the state. Anybody caught will
be severely dealt with and those on
the run will soon be arrested.”
Evangelical Church of God Gospel
Ministry last Sunday escaped death by a
whisker as hoodlums armed with guns
and other dangerous weapons invaded
the church, beat them up and injured
some.
Our correspondent gathered that one
of the youths at Isale Agbara in Ita
Olokan area of Osogbo where the
church is located was seen defecating
very close to the church and was
challenged by some of the
worshippers.
The youth was said to have left the
place in anger and went and
mobilised some hoodlums who were
armed with guns, cutlasses and other
weapons. The hoodlums, on getting
to the church, unleashed terror on
the worshipers during service. The
incident happened on Sunday
January 31st, 2016.
Some of the youths in the church
were said to have engaged the
hoodlums in a fight but they were
overpowered and some of them were
reportedly injured by the hoodlums.
A resident of the area, who
identified himself simply as Taye,
told our correspondent in Osogbo on
Saturday that the service was
disrupted as most of the worshipers
fled the scene of the incident after
about 10 of them had been injured
by the rampaging hoodlums.
He said, “I heard that one of the area
boys went to defecate close to the
church and he was chased away by
the church members.
The boy was said to have gone and
brought some of his colleagues to
come and attack the church.
” Some of the church members
were injured by the area boys but
the arrival of the officials of the
National Security and Civil Defence
Corps prevented the hoodlums
from destroying the church
completely and even killing some
of the worshippers.”
The Head, Public Relations and
Protocol Unit of the NSCDC in Osun
State, Mr. Wale Folarin, confirmed
the incident while speaking on the
telephone with our correspondent.
He said seven of the attackers were
arrested and weapons including a
locally made gun were recovered
from them.
Folarin said, “The timely
intervention of officers and men of
the Civil Defence prevented the
fracas from escalating.
“Hoodlums and other trouble
makers are warned not to
jeopardise the peace being enjoyed
in the state. Anybody caught will
be severely dealt with and those on
the run will soon be arrested.”
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