Only one victim was RCCG pastor – Adeboye

Pastor E. A. Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has stated that only one of the five victims abducted on Friday in Ogun state was a RCCG pastor.

It had earlier been reported that the five victims abducted by suspected herdsmen were all pastors of RCCG and that they were headed to the Redemption Camp on Km 46, Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

But on Friday night, during the monthly Holy Ghost programme, Pastor Adeboye clarified that only one of the kidnapped victims was a pastor of the RCCG, Pastor Chidinma Ibeleji.

He said: “People have been taunting me and challenging me that since I hear from God, how come this is happening to your church pastors.

“I want to say it has been confirmed that only one pastor of the church was kidnapped along with four other people.

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In a testimony at the Redeemed Camp on Saturday, Ibeleji said their abductors were herdsmen and that she prayed that they might fall asleep. They did and she used the opportunity to escape.

The victims were rescued by the Ogun State Police Command who claimed to have deployed a geo-location application to track the kidnappers.

Ogun State Police Commissioner Bashir Makama briefed reporters on the rescue mission and how the police managed to rescue the victims in record time.

Police Commissioner Makama said four suspects were arrested in connection with the abduction.