July 04, (THEWILL) – Some youths have been arrested for wearing ‘Buhari Must Go’ T-shirts to a Sunday Service at Dunamis Gospel Church Headquarters in Lugbe, Abuja, and chanting.
Church members said the arrested persons were taken away in a Hilux van by operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) and escorted by two power bikes,
The arrested members were earlier seen during altar call by the Senior Pastor of the church, Paul Enenche, at the headquarters, during Sunday’s service.
A top church official, who confirmed the development, said: “Those people sneaked into the church, I used the word sneaked because the church was not aware of their intention, no department in the church knew anything.
“They even came out for altar call and before you know it we saw that they had ‘Buhari Must Go’ T-shirts and they were recording people making it seem as if the church planned the protest.
“We had to hand them over to security operatives because we believe in three things. It is either they were sent in by agencies to make sure that the church is at loggerheads with the government or either make it seem like the church sponsored the protest.
“Third is even if they have a genuine protest, the church is not the right place to go. If there is a problem in the country, the duty of the church is to pray that God help our leaders. We have handed them over to the authorities for investigations.”
Reacting to the development, the Co-Convener, #Revolutionnow, Omoyele Sowore, said he is certain that if the arrested persons wore T-shirts inscribed with “Sai Baba” they would not have been arrested. He feared that the church appears now to be in an oppressive state.
He said, “Security men at Dunamis Church have arrested activists wearing #BuhariMustGo T-shirts to their church service, church security later handed over to DSS officials who are currently torturing them. I thought Pastor Dr Paul Enenche was also preaching about justice! The five activists were driven away in a DSS Hilux van and two power bikes. Shame in the house of God.”
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