Yet unidentified gunmen have attacked a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parish in Abule-Ori, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun, killing the pastor and abducting seven worshippers.
The Commander of Ogun State So-Safe Corps, Soji Ganzallo, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta on Sunday.
Mr Ganzallo said officials of the corps, in a swift response, were able to rescue the seven abducted worshippers and that one of the kidnappers was killed in the rescue effort.
According to a statement made available to journalists by the So-Safe Director of Information and Public Relations, Moruf Yusuf, Mr Ganzallo was reported as saying that the incident occurred at about 12:00 midnight on Saturday.
”The Owode-Egba Zonal Command of the corps, under Jimoh Omoniyi, received a distress call that some members of the RCCG, Desires of Nations Parish, under Ogun Province 22, Abule-Ori in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area were attacked during a vigil.
He said that a joint team of the police and the So-Safe Corps were already after the fleeing kidnappers to capture them alive and that the body of the dead kidnapper had been deposited in a nearby morgue.
