Kogiflame
The Pastor of Christian Evangelical Fellowship of Nigeria (CEFN) Church, Pastor Friday Adehi and Brother Gabriel Ezekiel of the same Church have been kidnapped shortly after church service on Sunday.
It was gathered that both clargies were traveling on a motorcycle when they ran into the kidnappers along Ajegwu -Ojodu road in Ofu local government of Kogi State.
The church members were said to have attended a naming ceremony of another member of the church after their church service on Sunday and we’re returning to their residence in Itobe when they were abducted at gunpoint.
An eye witness said, “The incident happened between 3-4pm 24th August 2025 (Sunday) when both members of the church was returning from Ojodu to Itobe ridding on his bike with another man accompanying him. Then the kidnappers who were laying ambush suddenly bursted on the road when they sighted the motorcyclist approaching. The kidnappers stoped them at gunpoint and directed them into the bush.
It was further gathered that the local vigilantes under the joint task force with the military are already on the trail of the kidnappers.
A community efforts to clear the bushes along the main road from Itobe to Anyigba to expose kidnappers laying ambush by the road side is in progress through funds contributed by phylantropic individuals, Dr Simeon Oyigu.
Meanwhile, the CEFN Church and other christian faithfuls have declare prayers and fasting for God’s intervention in the safety and freedom of the church members.
Recalled that the apex Igala socio-cultural organizations ICDA and Ukomu Igala have called on the Kogi state government to prioritize the deployment of drone technology to effectively track kidnappers and bandits using the forests as their hideouts to negotiate ransom.
The group beloved strongly that only with such strategy will the joint task force achieve results on their war against criminals in the forests.
The Police public relations officer SP William Ovye is however unavailable to confirm the incidence as his phone line was not accessible.
