A suicide bomber on Sunday found his way into the City of David Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Potiskum, Yobe State, and detonated an explosive device which led to the death of five worshippers and the bomber.
One other person also sustained injuries.A source said the dead bomber, suspected to be a member of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, entered the church auditorium during Sunday service with the Improvised Explosive Device strapped to his body.
The source said the bomber headed for the altar as soon as he entered the church.“Before he (the suicide bomber) could be stopped, he has detonated the bomb strapped to him, which led to the death of six people; the suicide bomber, the pastor of the church, Dotun Okerinola; and four others,” the source told one of our correspondents on the phone.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Toyin Gbadegesin, an assistant superintendent of police, who confirmed the incident to one of our correspondents, said “A male suicide bomber at about 10 o’clock this morning detonated a bomb at Redeemed Church, in the Jigawa area of Potiskum, killing five persons including the suicide bomber.
He also said another female worshipper in the church sustained serious injuries in the attack and that the victim was being attended to at the Potiskum General Hospital.A source in the hospital, who pleaded anonymity, said five bodies were brought there from the scene of the attack and that “one woman who sustained serious injuries at the scene is receiving treatment.”Reuters quoted a Red Cross official as saying that the casualties would have been higher if not that worshippers were just trooping into the church when the bomb went off.
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