… Demand N6 million ransom from victims’ families
Etim Effiong
Gunmen attacked and kidnapped three worshippers at the Cherubim and Seraphim Church along railway station in Ogun State during the early vigil hour of Sunday.
The victims are Ifeoluwa Alani-Bello; Adebare Oduntan, and Mary Oliyide. They were said to have been taken away by the unknown gunmen while holding a vigil.
The gunmen, however, demanded a ransom of N6 million from the families of the three abducted churchgoers before they could be free.
According to an eyewitness account, the incident took place at Cherubim & Seraphim Church Ona-Ara, Oju-Irin in Obada Oko early hours of Sunday, October 24, 2021, when they were having a vigil.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, could not be reached for comments as calls to his telephone rang out. Text messages that were sent to him, were not also answered.