In Abule-Ori, Obafemi Owode local government area of Ogun State, gunmen attacked a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parish early on Saturday and killed a pastor while kidnapping seven parishioners.
In a statement released on Sunday in Abeokuta by the corps Director of Information and Public Relations, Moruf Yusuf, the Ogun State So-Safe Corps Commander, Mr. Soji Gonzalo, confirmed the event.
Gonzalo claimed that during a rescue mission, the corps managed to free the seven churchgoers and murder one of the abductors.
The statement read: “The Owode-Egba Zonal Command of the corps, under Jimoh Omoniyi, received a distress call that some members of the RCCG, Desires of Nations Parish, under Ogun Province 22, Abule-Ori in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area were attacked during a vigil.
”At least seven members of the church were kidnapped and the pastor killed.
“Officers of the Corps were charged to go after the suspects to rescue the victims unhurt and the officers swung into action immediately.
“The seven victims were rescued unhurt while one of the kidnappers was killed. Many of the attackers sustained serious injuries during the exchange of gunfire.
“A joint team of the police and the So-Safe Corps are already on the trail of the fleeing kidnappers to capture them alive.”