The wife of a pastor, Otamayomi Ogedengbe, who was kidnapped at his church located in Irese, Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, has called on the security agencies in the state to secure the release of her husband.
Pastor Ogedengbe of the Deeper
Life Christian Church was abducted inside the church on Monday evening by some
gunmen who reportedly came to the church in a Corolla Toyota car.
Speaking on Wednesday, the wife
of the victim, Yinka called on Nigerians to help secure the release of her
husband, saying the bandits had not contacted the family for ransom.
Narrating how her husband was
abducted, Yinka said the hoodlums entered the premises of the church, took
their time to search for her husband before they forcefully took him away.
She said some church members
made attempt to pursue the hoodlums but the kidnappers were shooting
indiscriminately to scare people away.
She said, “Monday was our
Bible study day. Immediately after the Bible study, we were rounding off when
one of our brothers collected the car key to park it properly. He met some boys
outside.
“He said the boys pushed him
down from the car and he thought they wanted to collect the car. They slapped
him and when they looked at him properly and discovered he was not the person
they were looking for, they brought him inside the church and started searching
for who they were looking for.
“They saw my husband and said he
was the person. When we got outside, they started shooting and they pushed my
husband into their car. We drove after them towards Irese road but they were
shooting at us. It was dark; so, we stopped. Since then we have not heard
anything from them (kidnappers).
“May God help me to bring my
husband back. He is the only son of his parents. Nigerians should help secure
the release of my husband.”
The state Commissioner of
Police, Bolaji Salami, said he had directed his men to rescue the pastor
unhurt.
Source: punchng.com
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