Bandits who abducted worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State have demanded ₦100m ransom for each victim, community sources disclosed on Friday.

The gunmen had stormed the church in Eruku on Tuesday during a service, killing three worshippers and whisking away about 30 others.

A community leader and Olori Eta of Eruku, Chief Olusegun Olukotun, whose four relatives were among the victims, said the attackers had begun reaching out to families.

Olukotun, who said he had been in the church with five of his family members, explained that he and one of his wards escaped through a window at about 6.06pm when the shooting started.

“From what we gathered from the kidnappers’ camp, they have grouped the victims according to their relations and are now calling our people through each of the groups.

“Some people in the community have received calls from the kidnappers demanding ₦100m for each person. As for my own people, I have not received any call concerning them yet,” he said.

The pastor of the church, Abiodun Bamidele, also confirmed that between 30 and 35 worshippers were abducted.

“The bandits came and kidnapped almost 30 to 35 members of the church.

We were holding a Thanksgiving service for the 18 people kidnapped here three weeks ago, and all of them were rescued,” the cleric said.

Angered by the latest attack, youths in Eruku on Wednesday blocked the Ilorin–Kabba highway, causing gridlock as they protested what they described as the failure of security operatives to respond during the incident, which reportedly lasted close to an hour.

A youth leader, Peter Adesiyan, faulted the police division in the area, saying residents had supported the building of its facilities but officers failed to act when needed most.

Meanwhile, the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has called for an urgent security reinforcement in the council to curb what he described as a disturbing resurgence of attacks in border communities.

The Eruku incident adds to a string of recent security breaches affecting settlements along the Kwara–Kogi axis.

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In a disturbing incident in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, suspected gunmen have abducted a pregnant woman who was on her way to the State General Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta.

The victim, identified as Mrs Rahmatullah Ogunbunmi, was reportedly kidnapped on Thursday by unidentified armed men.

According to Omolola Odutola, the spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, the case was reported by Mr Ogunbunmi Lateef, husband of the abducted woman.

Lateef stated that his wife, who was due for delivery, had left their home in Oke Lantoro for the hospital when the abduction occurred.

Quoting. Mr. Lateef, Odutola said, “One Ogunbunmi Lateef of Oke Lantoro reported that his pregnant wife due for delivery left home for State Hospital Ijaiye Abeokuta.”

The abduction has sent shockwaves through the community, with family members and locals expressing concern over the safety of Mrs Ogunbunmi.

Lateef reportedly received a WhatsApp message notifying him of his wife’s abduction, further intensifying the distress of the family.

The Ogun State Police Command has assured the public that efforts are underway to rescue Mrs Ogunbunmi and apprehend the perpetrators. Investigations into the incident are ongoing.

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The party called on the United Nations (UN) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ‎”declare the evil by the APC federal government a war crime against humanity.”

Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, described the release as a welcome development but asked international agencies to investigate how the girls were released.

“We thank God for the release of the girls. It’s a relief to all Nigerians. But the committee set up by the federal government should release the report ‎on how they were abducted. “

“There are doubts here and there. And we ask that never again should this kind of a thing happen in this country,” Secondus said.

Similarly, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan at a press conference at the PDP National Secretariat, called for the arrest and prosecution of those involved in the saga.

“We condemn the All Progressives Congress (APC) and certain officials in the Presidency for staging the abduction of the schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe State, for political purposes.”

“Our party considers this act as wicked, callous and tormenting to use innocent schoolgirls as pawns in an ignoble script that was designed to hoodwink Nigerians and orchestrate a great rescue and security prowess of a conquering general, all to push a 2019 reelection bid, is an unpardonable gamble with human lives.

“While this failed Dapchi drama remains a poorly crafted tragi-comedy; a scam of no equal dimension, Nigerians are not ready to forgive the APC and the Presidency for the torments inflicted on the girls, theirparents and the human community worldwide just to score a cheap political point.

“Nigerians know that the main aim of this devilish act was to delude the public, set the stage for an orchestrated rescue, create a heroic myth and false sense of achievement around the APC administration and serve as a spur for President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration to contest the 2019 presidential election, perhaps, in the coming weeks.

“As a political party, we want to further state unequivocally that by all ramifications, this is a war crime against humanity and gross violation of human rights on the part of the APC administration, all in the bid to push a selfish and ill-lucked 2019 ambition.

“There is no evidence that the Boko Haram insurgents or any militant group abducted the schoolgirls in the first place. Rather, what is evident to all is the high level official manipulation of security movements in Dapchi both in the staged abduction and the returning of the traumatized schoolgirls.

“It is instructive to note that till date, no report has been presented by the National Security Adviser (NSA), who has been charged by President Muhammadu Buhari with investigation of the abduction.

This is in addition to deliberate efforts by the government to suppress free flow of information around the abduction.

“Even the regular Nigerian on the street has examined the events leading to this abduction of our daughters as well as their release and can deduce the obvious.

“Nigerians are all aware that both the abduction and return of the schoolgirls were dramatically preceded by questionable withdrawal oftroops and all security apparati at checkpoints and flashpoints in the Dapchi area.

“They are also aware that the Buhari Presidency, as the principal command center of military operations, has refused to come out clear on the compromising of security and why no arrest has so far been affected in the entire saga, thus betraying a high-level of government conspiracy against the citizens for political reasons.

“The PDP therefore calls on the United Nations (UN) and the International Criminal Court to declare this evil by the APC Federal Government a war crime against humanity and immediately commence investigation on the matter. We demand the arrest and prosecution of all those involved in this saga,” the party said.

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