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Husband
of the deceased, Pastor Olawale Elisha (in sky blue kaftan) broke into tears as he could not hold
back his emotions during the burial
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Eunice Olawale Elisha, the female
preacher who was murdered in Abuja on July 9 while evangelizing around
Gbazango-West area of Kubwa, has been laid to rest.
Media
report continues:
The
unknown assailants of the 42-year-old mother of seven, who was a deaconess
at the Divine Touch Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Kubwa,
stabbed her in the stomach and also slit her neck.
They
then left her in the pool of her blood, with her bible, megaphone and
cellphone — until her corpse was spotted by residents of the
neighbourhood, who alerted the police.
Olawale
Elisha, her husband, also a pastor at RCCG, had said his wife left the house at
about 5am to preach in the nieghbourhood.
He
also said he had forgiven his wife’s killers.
The burial service and rites, which held on Saturday, were attended by Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, and Babachir Lawal, Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
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The body of
the deceased being taken for burial after the church service
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Killers Of Abuja Preacher Won’t Go
Unpunished —
Buhari
The
Punch reports that the Federal Government vowed that the killers of the
Ekiti-State-born preacher with the Redeemed Christian Church of God,
Evangelist, Eunice Elisha Olawale, in Kubwa area of the Federal Capital
Territory will not go unpunished.
President
Muhamadu Buhari, represented by the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Babachir David Lawal, made the promise during the burial
service held in RCCG FCT 2 Provincial Headquarters in Kubwa.
The
42-year-old mother of seven was murdered while preaching in the Gbazango -West
area of Kubwa, a satellite town, in the Bwari Area Council on Saturday,
July 9 2016.
Meanwhile,
tears flowed on Saturday at the Gudu Cemetery in the FCT, where the
deceased was buried.
While
paying their last respect to their mother, the children of the deceased
performed the ‘ash to ash’ ceremony at the cemetery and wept uncontrollably.
Some
sympathizers who could not hold back themselves joined them to mourn the
deceased who was described as a martyr.
Lawal said, “As a government, we want to inform you that all the perpetrators of this act will not go free and will be brought to book. All Nigerians should be safe and free to practice their religion anywhere. Government’s resolve is to fish out the perpetrators. We pray to God not only to forgive them, but pray that the perpetrators seek for repentance. On behalf of the President and the Federal Republic of Nigeria, may God console you.”
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The family
of the deceased during the church service
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