From Uche Nnorom, Makurdi
A pastor was killed and four others injured early hours of Tuesday as a Dunamis church building collapsed on them while observing prayer session.
An eyewitness told our correspondent that the victims were observing prayers when the church building collapsed on them.
According to the eyewitness who identified himself as Nath, “As soon as we heard the building collapsed, some of us around rushed to the place so as to rescue them.
“In the process of doing that, we found out that one person whom we later understand to be the pastor of the church died and four other people sustained injury.
The Commissioner of Police, Benue State Command, Bartholomew Onyeka confirmed this to newsmen on Tuesday.
He said, “Something like that happened, just one person died in the process.
“You know when debris fall on people like that, the immediate reaction is what happens to the victims,so, people who rushed there were able to rescue four people only one person died.
“The injured people are responding to treatment”, the CP said.
As the time of filing this report, the Church authority is yet to issue any statement about the incident.
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