Two pastors rescued from Friday’s assault on worshippers in Kogi

Two victims of final Friday’s assault on worshippers on the Akpamoba-Igbola prayer mountain within the Agbaja space of Lokoja Native Authorities Space of Kogi State have been rescued, the state Police Command has confirmed.

ASP William Aya, the command’s spokesman, who confirmed the rescue of the victims, recognized them as Pastors Adura Kayode and Kingsley Ebong of the Metropolis of Grace Prophetic Liberation Church.

The spokesman additional defined that the rescued pastors had been reunited with their households, saying that safety operatives are nonetheless combing the forest within the space to rescue extra of the kidnapped worshippers.

The Chairman of Lokoja Native Authorities Council, Comrade Abdullahi Adamu, charged safety operatives to maintain the search, rid the forest of all prison parts, and restore sanity.

In a press release by his Particular Adviser, Yusuf Bala, the chairman referred to as on residents of the world to stay calm as safety personnel are on the path of the criminals.

The assertion additional defined that the worshippers had been attacked by some armed males, suspected to be kidnappers, throughout an evening vigil final Friday at Akpamoba-Igbola Mountain within the Agbaja space, saying that they whisked an unspecified variety of them into the bush.

The rescue of the 2 pastors has introduced the variety of freed victims to a few, together with a lady, Mary Adams Gur, who regained her freedom on the night time of the incident when males of the state vigilante providers stormed the forest.