Some priests and their family were subjected to torment when eight suspected armed robbers invaded the Mission House of the First Baptist Church, Surulere in Ilorin.
According
to reports, the robbers invaded the church to wreck havoc on the
priests and their families living within the premises on Thursday, May
25, 2017.
Priests whose families were attacked by the robbers include Rev. Solomon Gbenjo, Rev. Tunde Ajayi and Rev. Biodun Olatide.
Rev
Olagbanjo disclosed that two of the robbers entered his apartment and
tied him with a rope while one of the robbers hit him with a belt.
The 60 years old priests said: “They
got to our apartment around 2am. They forced the door open. My
daughter’s room was the first place they visited, my laptop was there
with the receipt and the bag.
“Somebody
was to come and collect N20,000 from her but unfortunately could not
come. That was the first money they grabbed. They also took some of her
wristwatches.
“When they had finished
robbing her, they asked her to lead them to our bedroom. They asked us
to lie face down and ransacked the house. As soon as they came in, they
said they had killed one of the gate men. They threatened that if we did
not cooperate, they would kill us too.
“They hit me with a belt. That was how the whole thing started. It caught us unaware,” he said.
Rev Olagbanjo also explained that they beat up Rev
Ajayi’s wife and later stole N102,000, laptop, a mobile phone, bag and a
flash drive from the Ajayis’ apartment.
He
further said before the robbers entered his apartment, they had
overpowered one of the night guards, attacked him with machete and
inflicted severe injuries on his head.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Kwara State Command, Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed the attack and stated that the police had commenced investigation into the robbery.
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