RCCG Pastor abducted in Kogi

A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God has been kidnapped.

Punch reports that Pastor Ayo Raphael was kidnapped during the Sunday service at the Resurrection parish of the RCCG in Kabba junction in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.

Armed men numbering about 10 reportedly stormed the church auditorium at about 9am and ordered the congregation to lie face down.

“The pastor was dragged out of the church into the bush while the abductors shot sporadically into the air to facilitate their escape,” a witness said.

Members of the congregation were said to have sustained injuries as a result of their scampering for safety as the kidnappers were shooting into the air.

PUNCH Metro reported that the kidnappers had contacted the church, demanding N50m before the pastor could be released.

The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, William Aya, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said he was yet to be briefed about the incident.

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