The Eleda of Eda-Oniyo, Oba Joseph Awolola, has said that abductors of 15 worshippers in Ilejemeje, Ekiti, have demanded N1 billion for their release
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 15 worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) No. 2, Eda-Oniyo, Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti were abducted on Tuesday during a night vigil.
A guest pastor to the church was also k!lled during the incident.
Oba Awolola disclosed this during the visit of a government delegation to the community on Wednesday.
The delegation led by Brig.-Gen. Ebenezer Ogundana, Special Adviser on Security to Gov. Biodun Oyebanji, also included the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Michael Falade, and the Ilejemeje Council Chairman, Mr Pius Alaba.
The traditional ruler expressed the traditional council’s readiness to cooperate and assist the government in curtailing such an ugly incident within the council.
In his remarks, the chairman of Ilejemeje Local Government Area, Mr Pius Alaba, said among those abducted was a family of four, comprising a mother and her three children.
Alaba said that efforts were ongoing to facilitate the release of the kidnapped victims.
Meanwhile, the Ekiti government, through its Commissioner of Information, Mr Taiwo Olatunbosun, has condemned the attack on the worshippers.
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