Gunmen kidnap Redeemed pastor in Lafia
Two months after a minister of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) along with other four people were kidnapped and released in Ogun state, another pastor of the Pentecostal church have been kidnapped in Lafia, Nasarawa state.
According to the Nasarawa State Police Command that confirmed the incident, the pastor, John Egla was abducted at his residence in Shabu community on the outskirts of Lafia.
The spokesperson of the command, Nansel Ramhan, who spoke on the development, said the Divisional Police Officer of the Shabu Police Division reported hearing sporadic gunshots at about 1:16 a.m. on Wednesday.
He explained that on reaching the location, the police team discovered that the gunmen had abducted the pastor, who was with his family.
Ramhan said the police found six empty shells of AK 47 ammunition at the scene of the abduction and that the police had deployed a team to rescue Egla.
A Senior Pastor with the RCCG, Falaye Omoniyi, who corroborated the incident, said that Mr Egla was the pastor in charge of the Oasis of Life Parish of the church’s Nasarawa Province 2.
Omoniyi said the wife and members of the abducted pastor’s family were traumatized by the incident, although nobody was hurt during the operation.
He appealed to security operatives to expedite action to rescue the pastor.
The incident is the latest in the wave of abductions in Nigeria in recent times, despite the efforts of the Federal Government to tackle the problem.
