Bandits Kidnap Pastor, Wife, Members At Church Service In Kogi State

<h4>Bandits Kidnap Pastor<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Ejiba&comma; a town in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State&comma; came under attack by armed bandits on Sunday morning&comma; local sources have confirmed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Eyewitnesses told Egbe Mekun Platform&comma; a community news outlet&comma; that the assault occurred during a church service at a new Cherubim and Seraphim Church&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Adegboyega Oguns&comma; who was present at the church&comma; said congregants fled in panic as the attackers struck&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Oguns reported that the church pastor&comma; popularly known as Orlando&comma; his wife&comma; and several other individuals were abducted during the raid&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s a new Cherubim and Seraphim church&period; The pastor popularly called Orlando and wife with some others have been kidnapped&comma;” he wrote on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Egbe Mekun Parro<&sol;a>t platform on Facebook&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is serious&comma; we all ran out of church&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The incident underscores the growing security challenges facing communities in Kogi State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Similarly&comma; on Saturday&comma; a group of terrorists launched an attack along the Isanlu Makutu–Idofin corridor in the Yagba East Local Government Area of the state&comma; leaving residents and travellers in a state of fear&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Eyewitnesses said that the attackers struck suddenly on Saturday afternoon&comma; causing people in the area to scamper for safety&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Meanwhile&comma; the exact number of victims abducted during the incident has not yet been confirmed&comma; as details remain sketchy&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Local sources said the situation had heightened tension across nearby communities&comma; with many residents staying indoors while travellers were diverting routes to avoid the troubled stretch of road&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Source&colon; Sahara Reporters<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;