Gunmen Storm Church and Kill Pastor On The Pulpit During Church Service.
By Brand X
4th August, 2021
A Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Bolanle Ibrahim has been killed by accused hostile critics in his church at the Mile 12 area of Lagos State.
The deceased pastor who was also a subordinate pastor at the King of King parish of the Church, at Maidan village, was said to be praying nuclear family during naming ceremony when the suspected attackers rushed to the church during the service.
They tried to drag Ibrahim out, but another senior pastor in the church confronted them and demanded what they wanted from him. The aunt of the deseased, Mrs. Justina Alebiosu who spoke with correspondent said, when the senior pastor was asking the attackers who they were; they hit him with the butt of their gun in his mouth.
Alebiosu said what happened to her brother was a clear case of employed murder, “even before they killed him, they showed him his picture to identify if he was actually the right person they came for.†She said: “his death was an untimely one, we have lost a gentleman, it was true we were born as Muslims, but we converted to Christianity.
“I was told when the assailants wanted to drag him out of the pulpit where he was praying for women who brought their children for dedication, he begged them to kill him there and that was where he was eventually killed by the gunmen.†said the aunt.
She augmented that, “the assailants also warned to shoot any of the members of the church who dare come close to them. So sad comment and share your opinions.
So sad may he rest in peace