50 YEAR OLD WOMAN SHOT DEAD DURING PRAYER SESSION

 The women on approaching the church door, were said to have spotted a man with their torchlight, and was said to be holding something in his hands which they could not see very well.

Penpushing further reports, as the women made to enter the church, the gunman began shooting sporadically in their direction, while in the process Agwu was hit by some bullets while a bullet grazed the shoulder of another woman before the gunman took to his heels.

When contacted, General Overseer of the Church, Pastor Michael Uche, said he was alerted by the cry of his mother who was one of the victims, adding that she ran home after the gun attack.

The clergyman said he immediately went to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad at Amasiri Junction in the area to report the matter.

Penpushing also reports that, an Assistant Pastor in the Church, Emmanuel Onyiagha, while speaking said they tried to rescue two of the victims while they awaited the arrival of the police.

The Cleric said the woman (Agwu) was rushed to a hospital where she was discovered to have suffered multiple bullet wounds before she died.

Penpushing further reports that, the Police Command Public Relations Officer, Loveth Odah, confirmed the incident and said a suspect was in its custody, while the body of the deceased is in a mortuary.

“In front of one church – Solution Ground, two women were going to the church for a prayer session they called intercession prayer between 5:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. According to the two women that saw Paul when they were coming to the church, they said he ran and hid somewhere’,she said.

The police spokesperson added, ’Paul has been arrested by us and he is claiming that he is innocent. But the deceased was calling Paul to the extent of calling his surname before she gave up,”

“The bullet wound in her was so much that her abdomen and that of her chest including her breast was badly affected with bullet wounds and because of that, she could not survive. I tried to find out from the Pastor what could be the problem between Paul and the deceased and he said it was not the deceased that was Paul’s target’.

“He said the person Paul was targeting was his (pastor’s) mother. He said the mother has a previous problem with the suspect’s wife. Right now, the investigation is on, at the end of the investigation, we should be able to know what has happened.”