Tension In Ogun, As Police Confirm Abduction Of 5 RCCG Pastors
Residents of Ogun State are currently gripped with fear, as the police command yesterday confirmed the abduction of five persons said to be pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) who were kidnapped on Thursday along the Benin/Ijebu-Ode/Sagamu expressway.
The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the abduction said hoodlums, numbering about 10, intercepted the commercial bus marked KW 230 XA in which the kidnap victims were traveling from Abia state to Lagos.
Oyeyemi gave names of the five victims which included a woman as: Chidioze Eluwa, Chiemela Iroha, Okoro Ohowuke, Ndubuizi Owuabueze and Ibeleji C (female).
He explained that the commercial bus, belonging to Abia line Transport Company, was intercepted at the J3 area of Ogbere in Ijebu Waterside local government area of the state.
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye had on Friday raised the alarm over the abduction of five pastors of the church traveling for the Ministers’ Conference at the RCCG headquarters in Mowe area of Obafemi/Owode local government of the state.
Adeboye, giving further details, said that the act occurred on Thursday along the Ijebu-Ode axis of the road.
He urged members of the church to pray for the abductees to be released.
Pastor Adeboye, further said that this was the first time that such an incident of this scale would be happening.
He went on to pose a question that shows that he was not happy with the development.
“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?” he queried.
But reacting to the news of the abduction, Ogun PPRO said the police had successfully, “geo – locate” the hideout of the kidnappers where the incident occurred.
Oyeyemi further explained that the state’s Commissioner of Police (CP), Bashir Makama has led a powerful police rescue team to the location with the views to rescue the victims.
He added that the police has been able to survey the forest and the possible hideout of the abductors aerially, with the aid of the police helicopter from the police headquarters in Abuja.
According to him, the rescue team was getting close to the location of the kidnappers, saying caution would be exercised by the team in order not to jeopardise the lives of the victims during the rescue operation.