The news of a Church being shut down in Akwa Ibom state today has caused a lot of reactions from people online.

After the statement was released by government officials, many people explained what really happened at the church today.

This leads to a lady who is the confirmed member of the church opens up on what really happened after the news was all over media.

The Management committee of Covid19 issued a statement today that a church, which we confirmed to be Christ Embassy church founded by Pastor Chris is sealed by the committee, because the church did not obey the rules and regulations or protocols of covid19, precisely social distancing in Akwa Ibom.

The secretary of the covid19 management committee in Akwa Ibom by name Emmanuel Ekuwem signed that the church has been closed till further notice and the members and parties of that church would face the Law.

Photo: Emmanuel Ekuwem

He said in a statement which we’ve captured below that when CAN and convid19 committee member visited the church, they discovered that they have obstructed the laws set by different organisation to prevent the spread of the virus. So they have to close the church.

However, as I said earlier when the news was out, a Lady explained that what the Secretary said is not totally true .She said that she was there when the whole thing started and the information was not accurate. She said the policemen were the ones that came and even start attacking the members of the church

She further explained that police even slapped one of the media crew members and collected his camera so that he will not view the whole scene.

She further emphasized that the policemen were the ones showing violence. This was what she said after she read the letter from Emmanuel Ekuwem: “liars, I was in that church today the church obeyed the guidelines and your policemen that were with the task force were the ones showing violence. A policeman slapped a member of the media team and took his camera from him. note: this camera is church property and was used in recording the way people entered into the church and how they applied sanitizer to people’s palms”

Look at the screenshot below:

Photo: Screenshot of her comment.

To help you understand the story better, We’ve gathered from “Politics Nigeria” what the Emmanuel Ekuwem said. This is what the secretary earlier said in a letter, the FULL statement:

It read: Today, Sunday 21 June 2020, the Akwa Ibom State Government and Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN) Monitoring Team, while on a routine compliance/inspection visit to the Christ Embassy Church, Nung Akpa Ime branch, State House of Assembly Road, off Nsikak Eduok Avenue to enforce the Akwa Ibom State government/Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)/World Health Organisation (WHO)/Christian Association( CAN) Guidelines and Protocols adopted to prevent community spreading of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic in Akwa Ibom State, were obstructed, attacked and brutalized by the Pastors and some members of the church.