Agony as gunmen kill Foursquare cleric in Benin

Gunmen suspected to be assassins have shot dead a 72-year old cleric, Revd David Memeh, at his Government Reservation Area residence in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
The gunmen reportedly shot Memeh, who was a retired reverend  at the Foursquare Gospel Church twice after they forcefully gained entry into his residence.

Wife of the victim, Deaconess Alice, who narrated the incident in tears said her husband begged for his life to be spared before he was shot by two gunmen, who did not take anything from the residence except her cell phone and her husband’s.
She said the killers broke into their apartment through the window in her husband’s room but that her husband fled to her room, adding that the two killers slapped her husband severally before they dragged him and killed him.
“I ran out after I heard gunshot for them to kill me but the killers had left. We were only four at home and they overpowered us.
“My husband is dead. I will appreciate if government arrests the killers,” she said.
When contacted, Spokesman for the Edo Police Command, DSP Stephen Onwochei, confirmed the incident and said investigation into the killing had commenced.