Offa Descendants Union (ODU) yesterday raised the alarm over the abduction of six of its members on the Kaduna-Abuja Road on Sunday evening.
This is as the two children of Bishop Levi Onyeador of Prayers Palace Ministries, Kakuri, Kaduna, who were abducted by bandits over 34 days ago, were released the same Sunday evening.
Also released were two persons abducted weeks ago when they went to deliver the ransom for the release of the bishop’s children.
It was learnt that the children, Fumilayo (19) and her brother, Eric (nine), were released by their captors on Sunday alongside the two others after the payment of another ransom after the initial one.
Fumilayo and Eric were said to have been abducted on August 4, 2019, when bandits invaded their home at Kakau village, on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on the outskirts of Kaduna metropolis.
“You know, about two weeks after the children were abducted, we raised the money the kidnappers were demanding as ransom after negotiations.
“Unfortunately, the two people we sent to deliver the ransom were also abducted after delivering the money to bandits.
“They started demanding another ransom which we paid before they were released.
“We glorify God for their safe return; the situation was traumatising. We thank God for answering our prayers,” a family source said.
Meanwhile, the Kaduna State chapter of the ODU has expressed concern over the abduction of six of its members on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of ODU, Maruf Olalekan Ajenifuja, said in a statement yesterday in Kaduna, that the victims were travelling from Offa, Kwara State, to Kaduna when bandits attacked them around Rijana village on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway.
Ajenifuja said the union was making efforts to secure the release of the victims.
He said: “The Offa Descendants Union (ODU) has received the sad news of the kidnapping of six people travelling with Aduke Okin Motor from Offa to Kaduna yesterday (Sunday).
“This worrisome incident happened at Rijana along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway thereby throwing many families into period of sorrow.
“ODU has waded in and efforts are in top gear to secure the release of the victims and we hope they would be released soonest by the special grace of God.”
However, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Yakubu Sabo, was yet to react to the incident as at press time.
However, reacting to the release of the bishop’s children, the Chairman, the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab, who also confirmed the release, called for “continuous prayers against the evil that has befallen the country”.
He said: “Bishop Levi Onyeador’s children and two others who went to pay ransom were released yesterday (Sunday) in the evening. You can imagine the physical and psychological trauma they may have been subjected to while in captivity.
“This is sad. We will continue to pray against the evil that has befallen our country.”
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