The people of Ozubulu community in Ekwusigo local government area of Anambra State were thrown into mourning in the early hours of Sunday as a gun man walked into St Philip’s Catholic Church and started shooting sporadically, killing and injuring people.
worshippers who were in church for the 6:00 am Mass, when at about 6:45am, the gunmen rode into the church in a Lexus SUV, as one of them entered the church and shot at close range an elderly man, later identified as Pa Ikegwuonu, while others remained in the vehicle outside. An
After reportedly killing the old man, the gunman opened fire on other worshippers, as those who tried to flee were cut down by the gunmen outside the church. Pa Ikegwuonu is the father of Chief Aloysius Ikegwuonu, a businessman from
Pa Ikegwuonu is the father of Chief Aloysius Ikegwuonu, a businessman from Amakwa, who built and donated the church to Nnewi Diocese, while his wife was shot on her right arm and still on admission at the teaching hospital.
The gunmen had thought he was in the church and had wanted to deal decisively with him over a yet-to-be ascertained business deal.
Here in this report, is a video of the real target, nicknamed ‘bishop’.