{"id":123925,"date":"2025-11-19T20:35:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123925"},"modified":"2025-11-19T20:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:35:04","slug":"kwara-church-attack-resign-now-falz-tells-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/kwara-church-attack-resign-now-falz-tells-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwara church attack: \u2018Resign now\u2019, Falz tells Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n
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Nigerian rapper and activist, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has asked President Bola Tinubu to resign following the deadly attack on a church in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, which left three worshippers dead and several others kidnapped.<\/div>\n
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Gunmen suspected to be bandits had\u00a0 stormed the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Isegun, during a worship service, shooting sporadically and sending congregants scrambling for safety. One victim was found dead inside the church, while two other bodies were recovered in a nearby bush.<\/div>\n
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A local vigilante was also injured, and a number of worshippers, including the pastor, were abducted.<\/div>\n
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A viral video from the scene which surfaced on Tuesday, showed armed men pursuing terrified worshippers into adjoining rooms and looting personal belongings left behind during the chaos.<\/div>\n
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The incident sparked outrage in the community, as angry youths blocked the Kwara\u2013Kogi highway to protest rising insecurity in the area.<\/div>\n
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In a post on his X handle on Wednesday, Falz condemned the attack and berated President Tinubu for what he described as a continued failure to protect Nigerians.<\/div>\n
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He argued that the president had lost the moral standing to remain in office, citing Tinubu\u2019s 2014 call for then-President Goodluck Jonathan to resign over similar security concerns.<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou have consistently shown your unwillingness to protect the lives and property of our people despite pretending to care in the past. RESIGN NOW!\u201d he wrote.<\/div>\n
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He further queried: \u201cHow many more people have to be kidnapped and murdered in cold blood? How many more futures do you want to erase with your incompetence and inaction?\u201d<\/div>\n
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Following the attack, the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, requested additional security reinforcements to the community.<\/div>\n
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Soldiers have since been deployed to Eruku as part of efforts to track down the attackers and rescue the abducted victims.<\/div>\n
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Former Senate President Bukola Saraki also condemned the incident, calling on the federal government to urgently mobilize security assets to secure the release of the kidnapped worshippers.<\/div>\n
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Security operations were ongoing at press time.<\/div>\n
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