Gunmen Kidnap Priest, Anglican Bishop, Wife In Plateau, Oyo State

Suspected gunmen have abducted the Bishop of the Anglican Communion, Jebba Diocese, Kwara State, Rev Oluwaseun Aderogba.
Aderogba, his wife and his driver were kidnapped along Ogbomoso-Oyo Road in Oyo State.

 

The Kwara State Diocesan Bishop of the Anglican Communion, Bishop Sunday Adewole, confirmed the abduction of the clergyman and his co-travellers. He said the victims were kidnapped on Sunday evening between Oyo and Kwara State when they were attempting to fix their faulty vehicle on the highway.He disclosed that the abductors have contacted the Church, and are demanding for N50m ransom.

9jaYarn gathered that Aderogba, his wife and his driver were returning from a function in Ogun State when the vehicle developed a fault which led to the abrupt stoppage of the journey along Oyo/Ogbomoso highway where they were abducted.

Bishop Adewole described the incident as a sign of total collapse of the country’s security architecture. He recommended state policing as an antidote to the problem of insecurity in the country.

Confirming their kidnap, the police said they were abducted while fixing their vehicle which developed a mechanical fault while travelling from Yewa, Ogun State to Jebba, Kwara State enroute an isolated area along New Oyo/Ogbomoso Expressway.
Confirming their kidnap, the police said they were abducted while fixing their vehicle which developed a mechanical fault while travelling from Yewa, Ogun State to Jebba, Kwara State enroute an isolated area along New Oyo/Ogbomoso Expressway.

Also a Catholic priest of St Anthony’s Parish, Angware community in Jos East local government area of Plateau State, Rev James Kantoma, had been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the area.

9jaYarn gathered that Kantoma who is also the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Jos East LGA was abducted from his house in the community by gunmen in the early hours of yesterday.

The Plateau state chairman of CAN, Polycarp Lubo, described the incident as unfortunate.
He said, “Since the gunmen took the Reverend Father away, we have not heard anything either from him or the abductors up till this afternoon. This is so sad! But we are praying for him that no harm will befall him wherever he is.

“Investigation by our correspondent also revealed that some youths in the area, who were alerted to the development, gave the gunmen a hot chase into the bush but they shot sporadically and eventually took the Reverend Father away.”

Meanwhile, the police public relations officer Alabo Alfred, when contacted said the command was aware of the incident and had deployed officers and men from the anti-kidnapping unit to the community with the view to rescue the kidnapped cleric.
According to him, the anti-kidnapping squad is already working to ensure that the reverend father regains his freedom and apprehend those behind the abduction.