On 2 October, Reverend Ame Tugawe, the General Secretary of the Methodist Church, said he was ""in total shock"" at the Commander's attack on the church. ""He is not only speaking about the people in the church but also about the God which we all serve,"" Tugawe said. ""I have spoken with the military chaplain and told him to inform the military not to make such comments against the church."" He said the threat was unprecedented and he could not have imagined it.