Abducted Ogun church member regains freedom - Police

Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have rescued one of the two worshippers abducted at a Celestial Church of Christ located in Oriyarin village, Mowe, Ogun State.

Making the disclosure in a post on its official X handle on Friday night, the command revealed that a joint team of security operatives stormed the forest for the rescue operation.

Southwestechoes earlier reported that some gunmen invaded the church and kidnapped Oladapo Oluwaseyifunmi and Oluboboye Abiola, before escaping into the thick forest behind the church.

“We are pleased to inform members of the public that one Oladapo Oluwaseyifunmi, shepherd of the Celestial church kidnapped, has been rescued through the relentless combing of the forest by policemen, hunters, VGN, Amotekun,” the post read.

According to the command in the statement, the shepherd has now been reunited with his family. There was no mention of the second victim in the statement.

The rescue operation came after the Commissioner of Police, Alamutu Abiodun, ordered the immediate mobilisation of security personnel to hunt the hoodlums.