Policemen and vigilance groups have been combing bushes around Telemu village along the Iwo-Osogbo Road in search of a Methodist Presbyter, Very Rev. Kayode Akande, and two other church leaders kidnapped on Sunday by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
Some members of the Methodist Cathedral in the Isale Aro area of Osogbo said on Monday that one Bankole, an engineer; one of the leaders of the church, Omodunbi, and the priest had yet to be released.
One of the church members, who identified himself simply as Tola, said security agents had been combing the area where the trio were abducted.
He said, “We pray that they will be released without injury. We are worried about their safety; but we believe that God will protect them wherever they are.”
The Bishop of the Methodist Church, Osogbo Diocese, Most Rev. Amos Ogunrinde, said, “They have not been released; but we trust God that they will be freed.”
Ogunrinde said the abductors had yet to contact the victim’s families.
Efforts to speak to the Police Public Relations Officer in Osun State, Folasade Odoro, were unsuccessful.
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