The victims are mostly members of the church's choir going for the funeral ceremony of the father of their organist
Twenty-five members of Christ Apostolic Church in Oke Igan, Akure, were on Friday afternoon kidnapped when their vehicle was ambushed by gunmen on the Akure-Benin expressway.
The victims, mostly members of the church’s choir, were going for the funeral ceremony of the father of their organist when their bus ran into the ambush at about 3 p.m. “Those who were kidnapped yesterday evening are my church members from CAC Oke-gan, Akure,” a member of the church told journalists in Akure on Saturday
The church member said the gunmen walked the victims into the forest after forcing them down from their bus.“Some of them have been rescued,” she said, adding that efforts were underway to rescue the others.In 2020, suspected kidnappers shot dead the traditional ruler of Ifon, the same destination as the current victims, the Olufon of Ifon, Israel Adeusi, also at Elegbeka.
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