Gunmen have kidnapped a
pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, branch in Isawo, Ikorodu,
Lagos.
Vanguard learned that
the pastor was preparing for the workers meeting, yesterday, when some people
came in pretending to be members who had come to worship, but reportedly pulled
out guns and whisked him away.
According to a church member, Williams, the
pastor was kidnapped at about 7a.m. around Santos Bus Stop, Isawo, because the
workers meeting always holds before the day’s service and the pastor had to be
in church much earlier.
William said: “He was
busy preparing for the meeting, when suddenly some people came in dressed in
beautiful attire and they were taken for members who had come to worship. It
was not until they pulled out guns before it dawned on us that they are
militants.” Lamenting, a resident in the area, Isiaka Disu, said kidnapping was
now a daily occurrence in Isawo area in Ikorodu.
He called on the Lagos
State government and the police to find lasting solution to the menace. The resident
said: “There is need for improved security in Ikorodu axis. It has become worse
in the last one year. Does it mean that militants came all the way from Niger
Delta to kill people?” When contacted, Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, SP Dolapo Bamus, said she would get back to Vanguard with details. She
had not done so at press time.
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