Bayelsa Killings: Nigeria Police Recover AK 47 From Cult Gang.

Police Command in Bayelsa State has revealed that the operatives of Operation Puff Adder have apprehended the leader of the cult group that attacked the Lion of Judah Deliverance Church, Azikoro, Yenagoa Local Government Area.

Ekohotblog gathered that during the attack on the church on Wednesday on 5th of August, four people including a pregnant woman, who named Mrs Imomotimi, were killed.

The names of the other victims are Alfred Marcus, 30; Gabriel Ejimofor, 45 and Uchechukwu Ejimofor, female, aged 38.

The report state that the incident had happened when hoodlums suspected to be cult members attacked the church, off Bakery Road, Azikoro.

Mrs Imomotimi and Marcus were reported to be killed inside the church, a couple, Gabriel Ejimofor and his wife, Uchechukwu, were also killed close to their house.

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The assailants also reportedly burnt a house down, destroyed church property and vehicles in the area.

Spokesman for the command, SP Asinim Butswat, said the gang leader was arrested on Thursday, August 6, 2020.

He said the suspect later confessed to the crime and took the police team to a hideout where an AK 47 rifle and 10 rounds of ammunition used in the operation were recovered in the early hours of Friday.

He said the suspect was cooperating with the police in the investigation.

Butswat said the Commissioner of Police Mike Okoli had deployed additional detectives to fish out the other fleeing gang members, adding that investigation was ongoing.