six armed robbers invaded the Emmanuel Baptist Church Cathedral In Sabo Oke, Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday. Members of the church lamented that they were in search of the proceeds from an earlier fund raising event held in the church when the robbers came in.
The robbers scaled the fence of the church from the back and overpowered the five private security personnel on duty. Subsequently, they forced one of the security men to lead them to the church’s strong room where they made use of axe, diggers and sledge hammers to break the safe but however could not find any money in it.
Apparently disappointed, the robbers were reported to have demanded to be taken to the vicarage which they forced open and ordered the vicar (names witheld) to produce the church money or be shot dead.
The source explained that it took a plea and explanation from one of the security guards to save the life of the pastor. The robbers, who reportedly operated from 2am to 5am, out of anger that they could not get to their target, dispossessed the entire residents living in the expansive premises of their laptops, trinkets and liquid cash before leaving.
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