Alleged Drugs Lord ‘Bishop’, Few Worshippers Turn Up For Service Today

Unbelievable, though it seems, the man believed to be the cause of killing of innocent worshipers at a Catholic Church in Anambra State, a week ago, Aloysious Ebubechukwu Ikeguonu Alias Bishop, has reportedly worshiped in the same church today.

Few members of St. Phillips catholic Church Ozubulu, according to reports found courage to be at the worship center today notwithstanding the gory incident that occurred at the church the previous week.

The church began service at exactly 9am shortly after the Presiding cleric opened the church’s main gate, doors and widows

There were initial apprehensions that no one would turn up for the Sunday service for fear of another strike by a gang of drugs lords alleged to have killed close to 20 people during last Sunday service.

The Service, it was reported still held notwithstanding the initial fear exercised by worshipers said to have trickled into the Church shortly after the doors were thrown open.

An online news hound, Time News reported that most of those who worshiped at the church are members of Anambra State government.

The Catholic Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Most Reverend Hilary Odidi Okeke had last Saturday dedicated the church, according to reports.

This is coming as another gang of gunmen on Sunday killed two men, a policeman and an okada rider, in another church in Anambra State.

According to reports, the church attacked today, was the Assemblies of God Church in Oguta area of Onitsha, the commercial nerve center of the state.

Available information had it that the policeman killed was one of those guarding the church.

He was said to be the only armed one among his colleagues.

His gun was taken away by the attackers.

An okay rider, who was close by when the attack took place, was also gunned down by the gang, who, some reported, were dressed as masquerades.

The spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, Nkiru Nwode, however, said the attack was on policemen who were on foot patrol along Oguta Road in Onitsha.

Nwode said the attackers were hoodlums who disguised themselves as masquerades to dispossess innocent citizens of their belongings and in the process killed a policeman and injured some others.