Crime
Gunmen Kill Popular RCCG Pastor, Abduct Church Members
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Gunmen Kill Popular RCCG Pastor, Abduct Church Members
Some unknown gunmen, on Saturday, stormed a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parish in Ogun State, killed the pastor and abducted seven worshippers.
The Ogun State So-Safe Corps Commander, Soji
Ganzallo confirmed the incident, saying his officers rescued the seven church members and killed one of the kidnappers during a rescue operation.
In statement made available to DAILY POST by the So-Safe Director of Information and Public Relations, Moruf Yusuf, Ganzallo was quoted as saying that the incident occurred at about 12 am on Saturday, July 1st.
Ganzallo said “the special operation team of the
Corps, Owode-Egba Zonal Command, under ACC
Jimoh Rasaki Omoniyi received a distress call that some of the members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Desires of Nations Parish, under Ogun Province 22, Abule-Ori in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area were attacked during a vigil; seven members of the church were kidnapped and the
pastor killed.”
According to him, officers of the Corps were charged to go after the suspects to rescue the victims unhurt, stating that “the officers swung into action immediately.”
Ganzallo further disclosed that the efforts of the
corps yielded a positive result as “the seven victims were rescued unhurt, while one of the kidnappers was killed, and many of the suspects sustained serious injury during a fire exchange.’
He added that the joint team of the police and the So-Safe Corps were after the fleeing suspected kidnappers to capture them alive.
He noted that the body of the dead kidnapper had been deposited in a nearby morgue.
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