Detectives on Sunday discouraged the father of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike from proceeding with service at his Christian Universal Church International after hoodlums bombed the church on Saturday night.
Checkout Magazine learnt that the anti-bomb squad prevented the priest from using the building due to concerns that the explosion had compromised the integrity of the building.
Police spokesman Nnamdi Omoni, a Superintendent of Police (SP) said three persons have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Omoni, in a statement in Port Harcourt said: “I can confirm the attack on Governor Wike’s father’s church by suspected members of IPOB.
“Three persons have been arrested in connection with the attack, one of them is even a Rivers indigene and they are helping us in our investigations.
“The church has been swept by our bomb department; we cannot ascertain exactly the kind of explosive that was used till a test is run to confirm whether it was dynamite, bomb or something else.
“Integrity test will hereafter be run on the building to determine whether to renovate or pull down the entire structure.”
