By Three suspects have been nabbed by the Nigerian Police Force, Rivers State, for allegedly detonating explosives at a church belonging to the father of Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike.
The said church is Pentecostal with the name, Christain Universal Church International, located at 25 Azikiwe Street Mile 3, Diobu area of Port Harcourt.
BlackBox Nigeria learnt that the hoodlums numbering about five sneaked into the church on Saturday around 8pm in the evening, detonating explosives suspected to be dynamites.
According to reports, the suspects were caught by men of a local security outfit while trying to escape.
While narrating the incident, the Assistant Chief Security Officer of the Azikiwe Street Security, Collins Johnbull, explained that they swooped in on noticing the hoodlums entering the church, saying one of his men was hit by a bullet in the chase against the suspects.
“On Saturday, 28th day of November, 2020, while I was on my duty post, we observed some movements around 8 pm to 9 pm and we were on the alert, before then we saw some strange faces, about five of them, that entered into the governor’s father’s church and we thought they were church members having their normal evening programme, but we were suspicious of them because of the way they were moving,” he said.
Johnbull added: “About five minutes after the boys entered the church, there was an explosion, we heard a banging noise like that of a bomb from the church and we immediately approached the church and saw them (the suspects) jumping out of the church wearing masks and carrying guns and started shooting at my men.
“By God’s grace, we were able to apprehend three of the criminals that attacked the church, while two escaped. We did everything in our power to apprehend the hoodlums, as we are talking now, one of my men who was hit by a bullet is receiving treatment.”
