Some suspected robbers have shot dead the
pastor of a Pentecostal church in Okhunmwun community in the Ovia North
East Local Government Area of Edo State.
The victim, Godfrey Agbowanetan, was the pastor in charge of the Evidence of Gospel Church, Oko Central branch.
He was said have been shot by the robbers around 2.30am, after pulling down the burglar proof.
One the neighbours, who pleaded anonymity, said one of the robbers rushed into the compound asking for the pastor.
But the wife of the deceased, Julie,
explained that her husband had raised the alarm that some robbers had
invaded the neighbouring building.
She said that the gunmen later shattered
the window in one of their own rooms before the robbers shot her
husband, who rushed into the room, leaving him in a pool of blood.
“At about 2.30am, my husband woke me up
and told me that there were armed robbers in the next compound. Later,
they started breaking our window.
“My husband rushed into the room and they saw him. They shot him dead,” she said.
The police spokesman could not be reached for comment.
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