Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the early hours of Sunday, invaded a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Ogun State, killed the
The incident occurred at the Abule-Ori branch of the church in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state around midnight on Saturday while the church was observing a vigil service.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the worshipers had initially attempted to resist the intruders, who banged into their midst but were overpowered. One of the worshipers, who escaped the kidnapping incident, told LEADERSHIP that the kidnappers shot directly at the pastor for daring to confront the attackers during the kidnapping incident which lasted over 30 minutes without the police response.
While the incident was ongoing however, some of the worshipers made distress calls to operatives of the Owode-Egba Zonal Command of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, code-named “So-SAFE Corp”, who thereafter, raced to the scene and allegedly engaged the attackers in a gun duel.
At the end of the encounter, one of the kidnappers was killed, while others, who had earlier abducted seven among the worshipers, also escaped with varying degrees of bullet wounds.
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