Gunmen have abducted a popular pastor in Angwan Makiri, near\nUdawa, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and have demanded a\nransom of N20 million as a condition for his release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elisha Numan, the pastor of Nagarta Baptist Church in the\ncommunity, was kidnapped at about 2:00am on Wednesday, with his son, Emmanuel,\nwho was later released to go and mobilise for the payment of the ransom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bandits were said to have arrived the community in large\nnumber, and forced their way into the pastor\u2019s residence, after firing several\nshots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Narrating their ordeal, after his release, Emmanuel said the\nbandits later called at about 2:00pm to demand for N20m ransom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAbout 20 men, all of them armed, came to the village and\nstarted shooting. They came to our house and started hitting and banging at our\ndoors but nobody opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They then forced their way into the house and vandalised\neverything. They carted away some valuables including mobile phones and\nclothing in my mother\u2019s box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They later picked me together with my father. But after we\nmoved a while to the bush, I was released and they went away with my father.\nOne of them was dressed in military camouflage. As they released me, they\nthreatened that if we didn\u2019t bring money in five days, even though they didn\u2019t\nmention the specific ransom, they will kill him. They later called us and asked\nus to raise N20m so that they could release him. We don\u2019t have that kind of\nmoney. But we are still negotiating with them. We are yet to report to the\npolice because even when we had similar experience in the past and contacted\nthem, they did not do anything about it\u201d\n\n\n\n\n\n\u0016\ufffdj\ufffdU\ufffd\ufffd;\u0019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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