Wednesday, October 8, 2025 - Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Pastor Samson Yunusa of the CEFN Church, Ajonoja-Abocho, along with several women returning from a local market in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Locals said the incident happened on Saturday around 8pm
between Ajakele-Aga and Okowowolo settlement when the pastor and the people
returning from the Abocho 9-day market ran into a barricade mounted by the
hoodlums.
Reports from the community noted that the exact number of
abducted persons was still unclear, claiming that occupants of three vehicles
were forcefully taken to the bush at gunpoint in the encounter.
“Initially, we thought it was a case of armed robbery. But as
more information trickled in, it became clear that it was a case of kidnapping,
not robbery,” a source said.
“Information from different persons who plied the road
shortly after the incident revealed that passengers in about three vehicles
were emptied of their occupants.
“Pastor Samson Yunusa of CEFN Church at a branch in
Ajonoja-Abocho has been identified as one of the victims."
“Majority of the victims were people from the community,
mostly women returning from a local Abocho market in the areas,” said Abdullai
Garba, a resident and a youth leader in the community.
According to news from the community, security operatives,
including vigilantes and members of the Kogi East Neighborhood Watch (KEBW), a
community policing outfit, were after the abductors, combing the bush in the
areas with firepower.
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