Agency Report/
Police authorities in Ogun State have confirmed the kidnapping of five pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) by gunmen at J3/J4 Area, Ogbere, on the Benin-Ijebu-Ode-Sagamu expressway.
The abducted pastors were identified as Chidozie Eluwa, Chiemela Iroha, Okoro Ohowukwe, Ndubuisi Owuabueze, and Ibeleji Chidinma.
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, had on Friday morning disclosed that five ministers of the church on their way to the Ministers’ Conference were kidnapped on Thursday night.
Adeboye, who made the revelation while speaking at the Church Ministers’ Conference holding at the Redemption Camp in Ogun, appealed to the congregation to pray for the release of the captives.
He said: “As a father, how do you think I should feel to hear that five of my children have been kidnapped while on their way to attend the Ministers Conference?”
Ogun State police spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said that about 10 bandits intercepted the commercial bus marked KW 230 XA in which the victims were travelling from Abia to Lagos.
He added that the bus belonging to Abia Line Transport Company was intercepted at the J3 area of Ogbere in Ijebu Waterside local government area of Ogun State.
The police spokesman said that the gunmen after forcing the vehicle to a halt whisked away four men and a woman into the forest, but left behind the driver, a sick passenger and his wife in the vehicle.
Oyeyemi said the state’s Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama, had personally led the police rescue team to the location.
“Through surveillance, we have got to know their location but we don’t want to attack them so that we won’t put the victims’ lives in danger.
“By the grace of God, we will rescue the victims,” Oyeyemi said.
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