Christian Genocide: gunmen attack Anglican church in Anambra, kill Priest’s wife and others
Anambra State Police Command has confirmed that “armed criminals” attacked Anglican church at Lilu in Ihiala local government area.
At the time when worshippers were about to start Sunday service yesterday at St. Andrews Anglican Church, eyewitness said, armed persons broke into the church premises. They started shooting sporadically.
In the end they brutally murdered the Priest’s wife and one other person while leaving several others half-dead.
Also, the hoodlums burnt down part of the church building, razed to ashes the cleric’s resident and destroyed holy items and several vehicles inside the church premises.
This morning, the spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga said the Command “condemned in the strongest terms” the attack.
“The [Commissioner of Police] states that this heinous and abominable act, committed against innocent worshippers, is not only an assault on the community, but a grave affront to our shared values of peace, sanctity of life, and freedom of worship,” Ikenga said.
Why the assailants could accomplish all these and went away without being intercepted calls to question the seriousness of state security agencies. Yet again, the dastard act is another reminder of the existential threats facing Christian community in Nigeria.
US President Donald Trump has designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, threatening to intervene militarily because of Christian genocide going on in the country.
