SHOCKING!~Lord’s Chosen pastor wearing the church usual reflective jacket shot dead in Lagos.....SEE PHOTO

Firstclass newsline learnt that yet to be identified gunmen, Monday,
shot dead Lagos State Coordinator of The Lord's Chosen Charis-matic
Revival Ministries, Pastor Chukwuemeka Okpokpo, at Apple Junction,
Amuwo Odofin area of the state.
The gunmen, said to have used a motorcycle, reportedly trailed the
deceased from a Diamond Bank branch, where he had gone to withdraw N3
million for the church.
They reportedly fired shots into the air, which sent other road users
and passers-by scampering for safety.
Reports said Pastor Okpokpo tried to escape when it became obvious
that he was the target.
He reportedly slowed down on reaching a bad spot in the road, and the
hoodlums shot at the tyres of the Chosen vehicle he was driving,
bringing the vehicle to an abrupt halt.
Pastor-Okpokpo
One of the gunmen then alighted from their motorbike, walked to the
vehicle and shot Pastor Okpokpo in the stomach.
He was said to have waited to ensure that Okpokpo was no longer
breathing before he took the nylon bag containing the money, went back
to his two colleagues in the motorbike and they zoomed off.
Fear-stricken residents were said to have rushed to the scene and
raised alarm on discovering that the victim was wearing the Lord's
Chosen reflective jacket.
Some of them were said to have alerted members of the church, who
rushed him to the church's clinic at Ijesha.
When news of the tragedy filtered in, those who knew him wept
uncontrollably, dispelling the report as rumour, while some said he
was still in Ogun State, where he had gone to organise a crusade.
Resurrection prayers
A prayer session aimed at resurrecting him reportedly held between
12.30p.m. and 8p.m.
Some of the church members were, however, of the view that the gunmen
could have been hired assassins and not robbers.
We're investigating—POLICE
Meanwhile, Lagos State Police Command said it had begun investigation
into the killing. The command said it was too early to say if it was a
case of robbery or assassination.
A police source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, toldVanguard:
"We are leaving all avenues open in our investigation."
Church members thronged Okpokpo's Iju home to commiserate with his family.
The family members hinted that Okpokpo's body had been taken to his
home town in Amizi, Ikwuano Local Government Area of Umuahia of Abia
State.
Firstclassnewsline.net