LOKOJA, Nigeria, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's police in central north Kogi State said on Wednesday that four suspects have been arrested in connection with the Monday evening gun attack on the Deeper Life Bible Church in Okene.
State commissioner of police Mohammed Katsina told a news conference in Lokoja, the state capital, that the suspects were being interrogated to determine their level of culpability in the attack which left 19 of the worshipers dead.
Emmanuel also doubled as a lecturer at the Federal College of Education, Okene. He died alongside another academic staff of the college.
"Four arrests have been made in connection with the Deeper Life Bible Church killings but I cannot give their names. They are in our custody and we have already commenced investigations to ascertain their involvement so as to deal with the situation once and for all. More arrest would be made in due course," the police chief told reporters.
Katsina promised to be thorough with the investigations, assuring that police would enforce the curfew imposed on Okene by the state government on Tuesday.
"Whoever violates the law would be dealt with decisively," he added.
He called on the residents of Lokoja, the state capital, to disregard the rumor making the rounds that members of a dreaded religious sect was planning to launch attack on the city, assuring that police was on top of the situation.
Meanwhile, more military personnel and policemen were being deployed to the trouble spots in Okene town in the Kogi central senatorial district.
Security sources told Xinhua that security were being drafted from other parts of the country.
Also, banks and commercials outfits that hurriedly closed shops in Lokoja on Tuesday as a result of the crisis in Okene and rumored discovery of a bomb in church premises in Lokoja have re- opened for business. For more update visit, http://www.idethompson.blogspot.com
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