Boko Haram: Pastor Regains Freedom

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Rev Polycarp Zongo, A pastor with the Church of Christ in Nations, has been released from captivity by the Islamic terrorist sect – Boko Hara after eight months.

The PUNCH reported that the clergyman who heads a branch of the church in Jos, Plateau State, was kidnapped on his way to a ministers’ conference in Gombe State by the terrorists on October 19, 2020.

About 12 days after the abduction, his church members and well-wishers gathered on the church premises at the Low-Cost area of Jos in jubilation when news filtered in that he was released.

The information, however, turned out to be untrue, a development that left the people and his family members traumatized.

Zongo’s abductors, according to the President of COCIN, Rev Dachollom Datiri, had demanded a “huge” ransom, which the church could not afford, and since then, the leadership of the church had been calling for his unconditional release until Monday, when the pastor eventually regained his freedom.

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A peace advocate and President of the Gideon & Funmi Para-Mallam Peace Foundation, Rev Gideon Para-Mallam, confirmed Zongo’s release to our correspondent in Jos on Tuesday.

Para-Mallam, who said he had spoken to the pastor, added that he was freed in Maiduguri, Borno State, by his abductors alongside others victims.

Para-Mallam stated, “I just spoke with him. His release, this time, is true.

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“He was released on Monday night by his abductors in Maiduguri and I was told that he would soon return to Jos any moment from now. We really thank God for sparing his life after several months in captivity.”

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