No fewer than eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) were abducted by bandits in Kaduna State.
The gunmen were reported to have kidnapped the church members on Friday evening while on transit along the Kachia Road in the Southern part of the state.
Authorities in the state have yet to react to the latest abduction, but the leader of the men’s fellowship of the church in the province, Elder Adaji, confirmed the abduction of their members to newsmen on Saturday.
Adaji explained that the kidnapped persons were on their way to Kachia for an evangelical outreach programme before the gunmen ambushed their bus.
Sources from the church said the bandits stopped the bus conveying the people and immediately transferred the eight passengers to their vehicle, and zoomed off to an unknown destination.
The church bus was reported to have been abandoned on the road.
Responding to the call, the spokesperson for the Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammed Jaliga, said the police have yet to confirm the incident.
