How RCCG pastor was kidnapped in Ikorodu

LAGOS—Gunmen have kidnapped a pastor
of the Redeemed Christian Church of God,
RCCG, branch in Isawo, Ikorodu, Lagos.

We 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.