Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday night took Patience Nasamu, wife of Pastor Samuel Nasamu, and a female member of his church to an unknown destination at Agyaragu in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
The pastor of Word of God Church Agyaragu confirmed his wife, who is breast-feeding a three-month-old baby, was abducted alongside a member of the church.
He said the church member came to visit his family after a church service.
He said: “I barely left my wife and our visitor with our new born baby at home to pray for one of my members who is sick when my wife placed a call to me and all I could hear was her voice of prayer. She could not even tell me what was happening.
“I stopped the prayers, and when I got to the house, my wife and a member, were abducted, leaving my three month baby behind.”
Nasamu explained further that the gunmen came straight to his apartment in a compound and made all efforts to break the doors and window using hammer to smatch the door and when they could not succeed they started shooting sporadically forcing his wife to open the door.
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In an attempt to run out, she was abducted alongside a member of the church.
According to Nasamu, about 7:00 pm, some strange faces were seen on motorcycles, and shortly after, sounds of gunshot were heard.
The cleric disclosed that he had not heard anything from the abductors since the incident that happened about 8:15 pm. on Sunday.
He also admitted that the police came after the incident and called for calm as efforts were ongoing to unravel the criminal act.
Responding, a resident of Agyaragu community, who did not want his name mentioned, lamented that the spate of kidnapping in the area was worrisome and called on Governor Abdullahi Sule to do something urgent.
“We live every day in fear of being kidnapped and killed if desired ransom is not paid to abductors. Several people in our community are being kidnapped on a daily basis, including farmers. Help us tell Governor A A Sule that Agyaragu is now at the mercy of kidnappers,” he said.
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