Suspected Bandits on Sunday killed a Pastor, Reverend Bala Galadima, with the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Lubo town, in Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State.
An eye witness who got into Late Reverend Bala’s house with other youths shortly after the incident said about suspected bandits who wore black cloths, and armed with AK47 rifles reportedly entered the town from the Western side.
He said residents reported of hearing sporadic gun shots around 01:00am, adding that upon entering the area they went straight to a very big compound housing the Puma’s family.
In the compound, they were said to have ransacked all the houses belonging to different families where they stole N300,000 at gun point from Musa Puma’s wife.
“They took away a tender child from Musa’s wife and threatened to kill the child if she doesn’t give them money and that’s how they got N300,000 from that house”, a resident said
He disclosed further that after ransacking the entire compound, they asked for the Pastor’s house which was just a fence away. They broke into the Pastor’s house through the window and went straight to his bedroom where they shot him in the upper part of his back.
According to the source, after the assailants had disappeared some youths went into Reverend Bala’s house and took him to the town health centre. From there he was taken to the Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe where the corpse is currently deposited in the mortuary.
The resident said the police found 10 shells of AK47 bullets stained wih blood when it arrived the residence at 3am.
Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Gombe State, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, has confirmed the incident adding that the command was waiting for the Kwadom Police Division to brief it before it makes a statement on the issue.
He added that the State Police Commissioner, Bello Yahaya, had since visited the Federal Teaching Hospital in Gombe.
However, the police was yet to comment on the issue at the time of filing this report.