Kidnappers Demand N30 Million For Release Of Church Members – CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Joseph Hayab, has said the abductors of a pastor and 14 others at ECWA Church at Dankade have reached for a ransom.
CAN said the abductor is requesting that the families of the victims demanding for N30 million ransom.
Hayab said the association has been in constant touch with the families since the incident.
The chairman, Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Joseph Hayab, on Monday, May 20, said the abductors of a pastor and 14 others at ECWA Church at Dankade have reached out to the families of the victims demanding for N30 million ransoms.
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Hayab told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna that the kidnappers immediately switched off their phone after presenting their demand.
He said his CAN chapter had been in constant touch with the families since the incident.
The Kaduna CAN chapter chairman urged security agencies to take appropriate measures to rescue the victims who were abducted after a Church service on Sunday.
“When people are attacked and taken away from a place of prayers, then we need to wake up,” he said.
The Kaduna State Police command, in a statement on Monday, May 20, by its public relations officer, Yakubu Sabo, said it has deployed personnel to track the abductors and rescue the victims.
“On Sunday morning at about 08: 30hrs, we received information through DPO Dogon Dawa that some armed men in large number entered Unguwar Kuli village, a border community between Sabuwa local government area of Katsina State and Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna State.
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“The gunmen started shooting sporadically, went and intercepted some church members while closing from service and took away the Pastor and 14 others.
“On receipt of this information, the Command deployed teams of police operatives to the scene on general search operation with a view to rescuing the victims and arresting the culprits.
“IRT and STS have also been contacted for technical assistance,” he said.
Meanwhile, it was reported that Reverend Zakariah was reportedly kidnapped alongside his daughter, a son of the pastor of Assemblies of God Church and 14 others.
The pastor and the other victims were seized by gunmen within the church premises during service on Sunday, May 19.
The Zaria DCC secretary of the church, Reverend Nath Waziri, said the gun bearing kidnappers took away the pastors from his church home and others from the church.
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