The military has?confirmed that an additional four people had died from their injuries in the Deeper Life Church attack in Okene.
The National Emergency Management Agency’s central region chief, Ishaya Chonoko, said several people were also injured in the raid and that rescue workers were at the site.
Monday night, unknown gunmen invaded the Deeper Life Church at Otite area in Okene, killed 16? worshipers and wounded many others.
The Commander of the Joint Military Task Force? in Lokoja, Lt-Col. Gabriel Olorunyomi, confirmed the incident.
“They were doing their normal Monday evening service. When we went there we discovered the church had been attacked. Instantly we saw 15 people dead, including the pastor,” he explained.
The military has since learned that an additional four people had died from their injuries, Olorunyomi explained.
He said 15 worshippers died instantly in the attack while another died on the way to the hospital.