PANIC spread across the Isawo area if Ikorodu town in Lagos State yesterday when a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) pastor was abducted by armed gunmen believed to be Ijaw militants just before he commenced his weekly service.
Apparently, the pastor, identified only as Bajomo, was whisked away by the gunmen, who came to the church as if they were new members. He was the first to reach the parish and was preparing for a workers’ meeting which usually preceded the Sunday service but was whisked away be4fore it started.
After parishioners noticed that the pastor was missing, the matter was reported at the Owutu Police Division. One eyewitness, who identified herself only as Esther, said the gunmen wore attractive clothes as if they had come for the church service.
She added: “The pastor came earlier around 7am to prepare for a workers’ meeting and the shocking thing was that the men walked in quietly like new members. They dressed like people who had come to church, they had bibles with them and they did not shoot or display any weapon.
"It was when they got to the pastor that they brought out their guns and ordered him to come with them. The pastor got to the church before anyone else and only three members had arrived before the abduction and we discovered after they had left that they were Ijaw militants."
Following the kidnapping the usual Sunday service did not hold at the parish. RCCG's head of media and public relations, Pastor Segun Adegbiji, said the church would invite God’s anger on those who troubled its members and pastors.
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