Winners Chapel pastor, woman shot dead in Plateau

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OyedepoA pastor with the Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, in Kuru Karma and Gada Biu area of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State has been shot dead.

A report by Eagle Online says the pastor, whose name was not immediately available, was shot dead on Wednesday by identified persons.

The medium reports that that his body was lying beside the road where he was pushed down from a vehicle he boarded from Bukuru in Jos South Local Government Area of the state.

Also on Wednesday, a soldier was accused of shooting and killing a woman in Heipang at a point close to where the pastor’s remains were found.

The soldier also reportedly injured another woman.

The women were reportedly protesting the mounting of a road block in Heipang, close to the point the Pastor’s incident took place.

This comes four days after gunmen abducted in Calabar, Cross River State, abducted another Winners Chapel pastor, Seyi Adekunle, while the congregation was having a prayer session in preparation for Sunday services.

The Church is headed by Bishop David Oyedepo with headquarters in Otta, Ogun State.