Five kidnapped RCCG members rescued by police in Ogun

Operatives of the Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command said on Saturday that it had rescued all the five members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), including a pastor and deaconess abducted along Sagamu-benin Expressway.

Recall that the five members of RCCG were on Thursday kid

napped by suspected kidnappers around J3 Forest in Ogbere, IjebuEast Local Government Area of Ogun State while coming from Abia to attend the annual Holy Ghost Convention of the Church holding at the Church Headquarters at Mowe, along Lagos-ibadan Expressway.

Ogun State Police Command had earlier rescued the only female kidnapped victim, Deaconess Ibeleji Chidinma, early on Saturday morning, but the remaining victims were later rescued in the afternoon.

Confirming the rescue of the victims in Abeokuta on Saturday, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command, said, “The remaining four victims have been rescued unhurt by men of Ogun State Police Command.”

Recall also that Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of Police, (IGP) had ordered massive manhunt for the killers of Rev. Father Paul Offu, a Catholic priest in charge of St. James the Greater Parish Catholic Church Ugbawka in Enugu State and the rescue of the abducted RCCG pastors abducted.

A statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said that crack detectives from the Igp-intelligence Response Unit (IRT), the Forensic and Homicide sections of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) had been deployed to Enugu State to complement the Command in their investigations into the unfortunate incident.

“In addition, the AIG in charge of Zone 9 Headquarters has been directed to mobilise more units of Police Mobile Force ( PMF) personnel to black spots in Enugu State,” the statement said.

He also said that tactical and operational assets of the Force had been deployed with the Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command taking the lead-role in the search and rescue operations, for the abducted clerics.

The IGP, while condemning the killing of the Catholic priest and the abduction of the clergymen, called for calm and assured that the perpetrators would not go unpunished. He therefore, enjoined the public to avail the police with credible information that would assist in apprehending the criminals, the statement added.