Pastor killed, four others injured as church wall collapses in Makurdi
The pastor of a Pentecostal church in Makurdi, Emmanuel Baba, died on Tuesday when the church wall collapsed on him and four of his colleagues.
The commissioner of police in Benue, Bartholomew Onyeka, told journalists in Makurdi that Mr Baba and the four others were praying when the accident occurred.
He said the four other pastors were responding to treatment at the hospital.
The church wall collapsed at about 2:00 a.m. and killed Mr Baba, leaving the four other pastors seriously injured.
(NAN)
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