Fear gripped residents on the District Centre Estate, Phase 4, Kubwa, in the Bwari area council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, following the invasion of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre by suspected robbers on Monday.
The hoodlums were said to have stabbed a security guard, identified only as John, in the stomach and ripped off his intestines.
The gang members, numbering over 10, were said to have arrived in the church from the shanties and slums in the neighbourhood.
A source said they demanded money and searched the premises, adding that they became angry when they could not find anything.
The Chairman of the District Centre Estate, Ifeanyi Uwaje, confirmed the incident.
An Associate Pastor of the church, Joseph Ogaba, said nothing was stolen from the church.
The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, said she had not been briefed about the incident.
She, however, promised to get back as soon as the report got to her.
When contacted later, she said she had still not been briefed by the Kubwa Divisional Police Headquarters.
