No fewer than two persons were
reportedly killed in the early hours of Friday when a
gang of robbers raided a
storey building near Ewuotubu community, in Egor Local Government Area of Edo
State.
The robbers, numbering six, were
said to have raid four buildings in the area, killing two persons, one of whom
was said to be a policeman.
It was learnt that the armed men
also made away with a vehicle belonging to one of the victims, in addition to
carting away other valuable items.
Many, who were said to have sustained
varying degrees of injuries in the attack, were reportedly rushed to the Time
Hospital on Ekenwan road in the state capital.
Our correspondent also gathered that
the gunmen later raided a pentecostal church, Salvation Givers Church
International, located at 13, Onaiwu Street, Off 2nd Cemetery road, in Benin,
at about 4am, a few minutes after a night prayer session.
The robbers were said to have shot
sporadically, forcing the faithful back into the church, before dispossessing
them of their valuable belongings.
A member of the church, who pleaded
anonymity, said the robbers ordered the victims to lie down, claiming that the
bandits might have raped some of the women and ladies in the process.
The source said many of the church
members were beaten up by the robbers when they failed to identify the pastor
to surrender the proceeds of the church.
The armed men, however, later made
away with valuable items, including cash from the church’s safe.
Confirming the raid on the
community, the Police Public Relations Officer, Joseph Edoigiawerie, said one
of the robbers had been arrested.
Edoigiawerie said the command had
yet to receive any report of the robbery in the church.
Robbers kill two, raid church, buildings in Benin
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