Troops rescue 7 abducted church members, kill kidnapper in Ogun

By Tayo ABIOLA

Troops of Ogun State So-Safe Corps successfully rescued seven abducted members of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parish in Abule-Ori, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun and killed one of the kidnappers that stormed the church on Saturday.

Unidentified gunmen had stormed the RCCG parish killing the pastor and abducting seven members.

Mr Soji Ganzallo, Commander of the Ogun State So-Safe Corps, confirmed the unfortunate event to newsmen in Abeokuta on Sunday.

Gonzallo claimed that during a rescue operation, troops from the corps rescued the seven church members and murdered one of the kidnappers.

According to a statement by the So-Safe Director of Information and Public Relations, Moruf Yusuf, the invasion occurred around 12:00 am 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.

“That seven members of the church were kidnapped and the pastor killed.

“Officers of the Corps were charged to go after the suspects to rescue the victims unhurt and the officers swung into action immediately,” he said.

Ganzallo disclosed that the seven victims were rescued unhurt, while one of the kidnappers was killed, saying many of the suspects sustained serious injury during a fire exchange.

A joint team of the police and the So-Safe Corps were already after the fleeing kidnappers to capture them alive, he added.

The commander said that the body of the dead kidnapper had been deposited in a nearby morgue.