According to The Nigerian Times , there
was a bomb explosion at the Owerri
branch of the Living Faith Church (aka
Winners Chapel), located along the
Owerri-Port Harcourt road this morning.
A member of the church who spoke to
The Nigerian Times on condition of
anonymity said the bomb went off at
about 6am, before any worshippers got
to the church.
She said there were up to six bombs, all
of which were primed to go off at about
8am when then church would have been
filled to capacity, but for some reason,
one of the bombs went of much earlier.
“There was a bomb blast in our
church this morning, and so the
church has relocated temporarily to
Hero’s square; that is where we’re
having today’s service.
“The explosion occurred around 6am
when nobody was inside the church.
When security agents got there
they now saw about five more
bombs that were set to explode at
about 8am. We don’t know how that
other one managed to explode
before the others,” she said.
When The Nigerian Times got through
to DSP Andrew Enwerem, the Police
Public Relations officer for the Imo
state Command, he confirmed the
planting of a bomb at the church, but
said it was the police who detonated it,
that it didn’t go off on its own.
His words: “The police deliberately
detonated an object that was
suspected to be an Improvised
Explosive Device at Winners
Chapel.
“The discovery was made last night
by security men at the Winners
church who were very alert. When
they saw (an abandoned) hand bag
around the church’s gate they
quickly alerted the police.
“The police bomb experts quickly
moved in and discovered the
explosive and deliberately
detonated it before it could cause
any harm.
“We’ve gone on air to alert other
churches and other densely
populated areas to be on the look
out for such suspected objects and
quickly alert the police.”
The PPRO added that investigation has
commenced into the incident
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