The House of Representatives, yesterday, directed the acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to carry out thorough investigation on the gruesome murder of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, preacher, Deaconess Eunice Olawale and to ensure that the perpetrators of this gruesome act crime were brought to book.

Deaconess Eunice Olawale was killed in the early hours of last Saturday while preaching in Kubwa district, Abuja.

The resolution of the House was sequel to a motion of urgent national importance sponsored by Babatunde Kolawole, APC Ondo.

The House, in the resolution at the plenary, called for deployment of more police in the area, where the crime was committed, to prevent such occurrences in the future.

The House further urged the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, administration to demolish all shanties across the nation’s capital, where miscreants were said to be hiding and from where they attack citizens.

Kolawole, in the motion entitled “Gruesome murder of Mrs. Eunice Olawale in Kubwa, Abuja and need to protect other citizens in the FCT” said the 42-year-old woman and wife of RCCG Pastor, Olawale Elisha, was hacked to death in the early hours of Saturday, July 9, while preaching the gospel a few metres away from her house in Kubwa by unidentified miscreants.

He said: “Late Mrs. Eunice Olawale is from Ilawe, Ekiti State, while her husband, Pastor Olawale, is from Ikare-Akoko in Ondo State. She was allegedly murdered by miscreants who were said to be annoyed by her early morning preaching in the area.

“This incident has caused ethnic tension in the Federal Capital Territory because some are claiming she was killed by extremists, while others say they are miscreants, and there is therefore the need for the House to be proactive to prevent the breakdown of law and order and further loss of lives.”

The motion was overwhelmingly supported through voice vote called by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, who presided over the plenary and one minute silence was observed in honour of the deceased.