Some youths suspected to be members of the outlawed
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, invaded a Catholic church in
Onitsha, Anambra State.
A worshiper in the church, who recounted her experience, said the young men, who brandished weapons including clubs and
fuel, invaded the church while the morning mass was on, demanding an
explanation from the presiding priest why he was holding mass on the day Nnamdi
Kanu was scheduled to appear before a court.
It was gathered that worshippers fled in different
directions to avoid the attack.
The suspected IPOB members also burnt a tricycle found on
the road, while beating its driver to a pulp.
“This morning I went for the 5:30 am morning mass in my
church, St Theresa of Kalkuta Parish in Awada, it is close to the Ukaegbu
junction.
“We were halfway into the mass when some group of boys
suspected to me member of IPOB entered the church. They were carrying sticks
and even fuel. They went straight to the altar and were almost halfway there.
“They approached our parish priest, Rev Fr Joseph and asked
him why he was celebrating Mass on a day when their master was going to court.
They were quite a number of them and were visibly angry.
“Everybody in the church took to their heels. There would
have been a stampede because there were a lot of people in the mass today. I
ran to a building close to the church.
“Father Joseph told them we were holding mass today to pray
for the release of Nnamdi Kanu. He used diplomacy to talk to them, and even
asked them if they were really for Ndi Igbo or against Ndi Igbo? They now said
okay, that if so, the people in the church was for them.
“They now called back everyone to continue the mass that
they were now convinced that the church people were Biafrans. Some of us were
so afraid that we could not return, so we went home from there. They apologized
to the priest and left.
“The same group went out and saw a tricycle rider. No one
knows why the man was outside because, on sit at home days, you hardly find a
tricycle outside. They beat up the man and burnt his tricycle, and the tricycle
is still there now smoking,” the source recounted.
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