The two bombers also died. Four others died in the angry protest by Jos youths that followed the incident. Thirty-eight other persons reportedly sustained injuries from the bombing.
The sect in a statement by its spokesman, Abu Qaqa, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack came even as the police claimed they defused two bombs planted at their barracks in Gombe.
Jang was said to have escaped the attack because he was not at the first service that started at 7.00am. The governor usually attends the second service, conducted in Hausa language, at 11.00am.
The attacked Church of Christ in Nigeria is an indigenous church attended by notable citizens of the state, including former governors Solomon Lar and Joshua Dariye.
The dead bombers were said to have rammed their vehicle, a Volkswagen Bora car, into the gates of the church and had attempted to drive all the way into the church auditorium.
Their car, however, got caught at a point amid motorcycles parked within the premises. Eyewitnesses said the car exploded immediately it got stuck, killing the bombers even as they tried to escape from the vehicle.
The killers’ car was said to have followed the patrol van of the Special Task Force onto the church and attempted forcing its way through as the van entered the premises.
Another account however said the bombers were dressed in army uniforms and that they were allowed into the church premises by a soldier at the gate who apparently mistook them for his colleagues.
When news reached the Jos youths that the bombers were dressed in army uniform, they took to the streets and threw stones at soldiers.
While security agents cordoned off the area where the church is located, the angry youths reportedly mounted a road block where they attacked and killed four other people.
President Goodluck Jonathan, in his reaction to the Jos incident on Sunday, said those seeking to divide the country through terrorism would not succeed.
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