ANAMBRA SHOOTING: REAL STORY BEHIND THE KILLINGS

Fabmimi.com can exclusively report the true reason behind the shooting in the St. Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State.

According to accounts by a twitter user @insimiri, who claims to have privy knowledge of the situation traced the genesis of the trouble back to South Africa. The shooting was gang related violence between one bishop and his drug business partners.

The twitter user alleged that the said Bishop, who was the initial target of the gunman, had made away with the assailant's money resulting from the sale of drugs back in South Africa years ago.

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The said Bishop was supposed to be having a Thanksgiving service at the church with members of his family. However, Bishop opted stayed away from the church service but unfortunately word had already reached his enemies and they already hatched a plan to eliminate Bishop in the church; a church, Bishop is said to have built.

Bishop's father was among the casualties recorded in the incident. In our earlier report, we reported eye witness account of how the gunman walked into the  church, identified a man then shot him before proceeding to shoot sporadically. Fabmimi.com can now clarify that that man was the father of Mr Bishop.

See screenshots of Ichie Boyz (@insimiri) tweets below

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