Pandemonium as man storms church with loaded pistol

A man caught inside a church with a fully loaded pistol, is presently explaining to the police what led to such a bizarre act.

Police have detained the man, said to be a Burkinabe caught with a foreign pistol at a crowded Catholic Church in Hamile in the Upper West Region, Ghana, on Sunday.

Police say the man, whose name has not been released, could not explain why he had the gun on him.

The gun was loaded with two rounds of ammunition, police reveal.

He told the police it was his first time at the church since he moved to the town six weeks ago.

Upper West Regional DCOP Okyere Buah-Appiah, told Joy News the unnamed man was arrested following a tip-off by a church member.

“When he was asked why he brought a foreign pistol to the church, he couldn’t give any tangible answer. He said he has been in Hamile in the past six weeks and today [Sunday] was the first time he was attending church.

“The pistol was in his pocket and part of it was exposed so somebody sitting behind him saw the exposed part of the pistol and that was how he was detected,” DCOP Buah-Appiah told Joy News.

The man told police he had come to Hamile to farm.

He has been detained at the Police District Headquarters in Jirapa in the Upper West Region as investigations continue.