Gunmen Abduct Kwara Bishop, Wife, Driver, Demand N50m Ransom

Anglican Bishop of Jebba Diocese, Kwara State, Rt. Rev. Oluwaseun Aderogba, and his wife have been abducted by gunmen.
His driver was also taken by the hoodlums who struck on the new Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway in Oyo State on Sunday.
The bishop and his wife were said to be travelling from Yewa, Ogun State, to Jebba, Kwara State, when their car developed a fault at a lonely section of the road around 8.30pm on Sunday.
Before long, the gun-wielding hoodlums swooped on them and dragged them into the forest.
Sources said their abductors demanded a ransom of N50m.
The Bishop’s Chaplain, Rev. Adekunle Adeluwa, who escaped from the hoodlums, explained that they were ambushed by the gang after their vehicle developed a fault few kilometres to Oyo State.
He said, “I was lucky not to be visible to the kidnappers because of the black cassock I was wearing in the dead of the night.
“The place was dark, so I laid flat on the ground and hid while the abductors marched the bishop, his wife and the driver into the bush”.
The Kwara Province of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has condemned the kidnap.
The Arch Bishop of the Province, Most Rev. Israel Amoo, in a statement in Ilorin, lamented the incessant killing, abduction and kidnap of innocent Nigerians.
He called on President Mohammadu Buhari, the Inspector General of Police, and the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State to work towards the immediate and unconditional release of the kidnapped bishop, his wife and driver.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, who confirmed the abduction in a statement on Monday, said that the command had swung into action to free them.
“The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of operations of the command is in charge of the rescue operation that has commenced since 9pm on Sunday, the statement added”.