Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, or RCCG, named Faturoti Olaniyi, was abducted by gunmen in Karu, Nasarawa State.
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Early on
Wednesday, June 24, 2025, the gunmen stormed Olaniyi's home at the Redeemed
Christian Church of God property near Bristol Academy, Federal Housing
Authority (FHA) in Karu, and kidnapped him.
Zagazola
Makama, a security analyst, stated that the attackers entered the building at
around 1:30 in the morning, fired several shots, and then took the victim away
to an unidentified location.
According
to their source, residents fled for their lives as the gunmen operated for
several minutes without encountering any immediate opposition, causing panic in
the area.
A manhunt
was initiated in response to the incident by joint teams of police, local
vigilantes, hunters, and other security personnel. They blocked suspected
escape routes and searched the surrounding hills and bushes for the
kidnappers.
The victim
is still in captivity, and search and rescue efforts are still underway as of
the time this report was filed.
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