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5 Redeemed Christian Church of God pastors abducted
Gunmen, on Thursday, kidnapped five pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), who were on their way to the church’s ministers’ conference.
The General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday announced the abduction during his message at the ongoing ministers’ conference holding at the Redemption Camp, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
He said: “As a father, how do you think I should feel to hear that five of my children have been kidnapped while on their way to attend the Ministers Conference?”
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Adeboye, who said the pastors were on their way to attend the ministers’ conference, said they were abducted along the Ijebu-Ode axis.
He urged members of the church to pray for their release.
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