Five Abducted Travellers Regain Freedom
The five persons kidnapped on Thursday night while travelling along the Benin-Ijebu-Ode-Sagamu expressway by armed bandits have regained their freedom.
The only female among the five, Deaconess Ibeleji Chidinma, who happens to be the only member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), regained her freedom early in the morning, while the other four, Chidioze Eluwa, Chiemela Iroha, Okoro Ohowukwe and Ndubuizi Owuabueze were set free late afternoon.
The General Overseer, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, while addressing congregants at the church’s Ministers’ Conference early yesterday, had clarified that only one of the five abducted travellers was their member.
He had called on the ministers and Nigerians to prayer for the safety of the kidnapped and indeed, the country.
The Conference, among other events, draws participants from all over the world and remains the sole period in a calendar year for ordinations of Deacons, Assistant Pastors and Pastors of the church.
The travellers were heading towards Lagos from the eastern part of the country, in a commercial vehicle with registration number KW 230 XA belonging to Abia Line Transport Company, when gunmen stopped their vehicle and took them into the forest.
According to the Police, Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama, led operatives from the Ogun Command’s tactical squad in the rescue operation.
