Bukola Arugba, the Nollywood actress, has lamented that three of her close relatives are among those abducted during the recent church attack in Kwara state.
The film star, born Oluwabukola Awoyemi, was reacting to contradicting claims that the incident was merely an “attempted” assault.
On Tuesday, a video of armed men attacking a branch of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in Oke Isegun, Eruku community, Kwara state, went viral.
According to reports, an unconfirmed number of worshippers were abducted during the attack.
Inn an Instagram video, Bukola, who hails from Eruku, directly responded to a statement attributed to Olufolake AbdulRazaq, the Kwara State first lady, which had downplayed the severity of the event.
The actress provided a different account, arguing that the attack was not only successful but also deadly.
“I read a press release on the Kwara state First Lady’s page regarding the bandit attack in my home, Eruku, Ekiti LGA, Kwara state, which totally contradicts the sad truth. This video is to address and correct the report released on your page, Madam. The information you got from the Kwara state police is false,” she said.
“This involves my people directly. We all saw the video, they were streaming live while the church program was going on. It was a successful attack, not an attempted attack. I was in so much pain when I saw the release that it was an attempted attack, that nobody died, and that people were in the hospital. A lot of people were abducted; three people are dead.”
Arugba identified her abducted relatives as Titi Balogun, her mother’s younger sister, and Ebenezer Aina, her cousin’s son.
She emphasized that her information comes from real-time updates from her family in the community, accusing the authorities of sharing false information.
“I have spoken to a lot of people from my town, my cousins, my uncles. Presently, three to four of my cousins are in the bandits’ den, they have been abducted. Evangelist Titi Balogun is right there, she is my mum’s younger sister. Ebenezer Aina is presently there, that is my cousin’s son. So, it was a successful attack, and not an attempted one as the Kwara first lady claimed.
“Something like that happened, and the direct opposite of what was being reported was the actual outcome. Everyone is crying in my town now because we don’t even know if they will be found dead or alive. It is so painful that we are seeing what we saw on your page, the reports on your page are false. It totally contradicts what actually happened.”
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