UPDATED: Five RCCG pastors kidnapped on their way to convention, Adeboye kicks

Five ministers of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) have been abducted.

They were kidnapped on their way to attend the church’s Ministers’ Conference in Lagos.

General Overseer of the RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye announced the abduction on Friday at the Redeemed Camp along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Adeboye said the abduction took place on Thursday along the Ijebu-Ode axis.

He charged the congregation to pray for the release of the abductees.

Adeboye noted that it was the first time such incident of that magnitude was happening.

“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 asked.

The South West highways of recent become notorious for high level of insecurity posed by men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.
The daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Fasoranti was killed at Ore, along the busy Ondo-Sagamu sector of the Lagos-Benin expressway.

A stakeholders meeting was held in Ibadan, Oyo state capital in June to address the security challenges in the region and only this week traditional rulers from the region met with President Buhari in As Rock to address the menace.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Police Command has released the names of the five pastors who were on their way to the Redemption Camp to attend ministers’ conference.

The police also said they have located the forest where the five abducted pastors were kept at the Ogbere – Ijebu – Ode (Ogun State) stretch of the Lagos –Ore expressway.

The names of the abducted pastors are: Chidioze Eluwa, Chiemela Iroha, Okoro Ohowukwe, Ndubuizi Owuabueze, and Ibeleji Chidinma (female).

According to the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, about 10 hoodlums, intercepted the commercial bus marked KW 230 XA in which the kidnapped victims were traveling from Abia State to Lagos.

Oyeyemi disclosed 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.

He said the police had successfully “geo – locate” the hideout of the kidnappers where the incident occurred, adding that the state’s Commissioner of Police (CP), Bashir Makama had led a powerful police rescue team to the location with a view to rescuing the victims.