The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) said that it has arrested 33 members of a gang responsible for the “violent attack” on the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Isegun, Eruku in Kwara state, last November.
Anthony Placid, public relations officer at the force headquarters, said in a statement issued on Tuesday that the suspects are part of 50 individuals linked to terrorism, kidnapping, and armed robbery.
He added that they were arrested following a “strategic offensive against syndicates that have long threatened the peace of the nation” since January.
Placid said several principal suspects are ready for prosecution in courts, while the force is “actively pursuing other accomplices and more illegal weapons”.
On November 18 last year, gunmen invaded the church, killing three worshippers and abducting 38 people.
A video of the attack, captured during a live stream, showed worshippers conducting a service when sporadic gunshots were heard from around the church premises.
In a post on X days later, President Bola Tinubu said all worshippers abducted in Eruku had been rescued.