One of the survivors of the November 18 attack on Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, Kwara State, has shared his harrowing experience.
In an interview with TVC, the unidentified young man, who was one of the victims rescued by security operatives, revealed that the captors openly identified themselves as bandits and boasted that their captives could not escape. The victim said the attackers stormed the church shortly after the evening service began, firing shots around the premises before herding the worshippers into the bush.
“It was a sudden act, a terrifying act. Because that evening, after 30 minutes of the programme, we just heard gunshots.
“Even to my own perspective, I didn’t know it was gunshots. I thought it was just sparking of some wire.
“By the time we got up, they surrounded the whole church. Even some people there began to narrate that they were seeing drops of blood everywhere,” he said. The victim said the attackers stormed the church shortly after the evening service began, firing shots around the premises before herding the worshippers into the bush.
“It was a sudden act, a terrifying act. Because that evening, after 30 minutes of the programme, we just heard gunshots.
“Even to my own perspective, I didn’t know it was gunshots. I thought it was just sparking of some wire.
“By the time we got up, they surrounded the whole church. Even some people there began to narrate that they were seeing drops of blood everywhere,” he said. “From that place, they have dominated. They knew all the routes surrounding all those bushes within Kwara and other cities. They knew it,” the victim recounted.
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