Terrorist kingpin behind mass abduction of worshippers in Kogi’s ECWA Church arrested

Shafiu Usman, the alleged mastermind of the deadly attack on Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Ayetoro Kiri, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area, Kogi State, where more than 20 worshippers were The post Terrorist kingpin behind mass abduction of worshippers in Kogi’s ECWA Church arrested appeared first on The Nation Newspaper.


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