Gunmen on Saturday killed the pastor and kidnapped seven parishioners at a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parish in Ogun State.
Soji Ganzallo, the commander of the Ogun State So-Safe Corps, verified the incident and claimed that his officers killed one of the kidnappers while rescuing the seven churchgoers.
Ganzallo was reported as adding that the event happened at around 12 am on Saturday, July 1 in a statement prov
newsmen by the So-Safe Director of Information and Public Relations, Moruf Yusuf.
He said that the special operation team of the Corps, Owode-Egba Zonal Command, under, under ACC Jimoh Rasaki Omoniyi, received a distress call that some of the members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Desires of Nations Parish, under Ogun Province 22, Abule-Ori in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area were attacked during a vigil; seven members of the church were kidnapped and the pastor killed.
He claimed that the Corps’ officers were instructed to pursue the culprits in order to save the victims unharmed, adding that the officers swung into action.
Ganzallo further disclosed that the efforts of the corps yielded a positive result as the seven victims were rescued unhurt, while one of the kidnappers was killed and many of the suspects sustained serious injury during a fire exchange.
He added that the joint team of the police and the So-Safe Corps were after the fleeing suspected kidnappers to capture them alive.
