A pastor at King of King Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Lagos, Bolanle Ibrahim, has been gunned down.
The cleric was shot dead on the altar of the church located inside Maidan village in Ikosi Ketu Local Government Area of Lagos State.
The pastor was reportedly praying during a child dedication when gunmen broke into the church.
The pastor’s aunt, Mrs. Justina Alebiosu, said the killing was a clear case of assassination.
“Before they killed him, they showed him his picture to identify if he was actually the right person they came for. His death was an unfortunate one, we have lost a gentleman, it was true we were born as Muslims, but we converted to Christianity. My thinking is that my brother had a business transaction with someone,” she told journalists.
“I was told when the assailants wanted to drag him out of the pulpit where he was praying for women who brought their children for dedication, he begged them to kill him there and that was where he was eventually killed by the gunmen,” she added.
The deceased’s wife, Mrs. Kudirat Ibrahim, who said her husband was fasting the day he was killed, dismissed the insinuation that he was a cultist.
Spokesperson of the Lagos police command, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, said the police have launched a manhunt for the assailants.
“We are investigating the case because we have a clue into the killing,” he said.
