Two pastors in Adamawa State, Rev. Mike Ochigbo and John Moses, have been abducted.
The victims were reportedly abducted on Tuesday night in Yola by unknown gunmen.
Ochigbo is the General Overseer of a pentecostal church, the Freedom Power Chapel International while Moses is a junior pastor at the church headquarters in Yola.
An informed source said the two clerics were attacked and abducted at Rev. Ochigbo’s residence in Nyibango area of Yola.
Meanwhile, the Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the incident.
According to a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Suleiman Nguroje, the state Commissioner of Police, Afolabi Babatola, had deployed police operatives drawn from the Special Rapid Response Team (SRRT), Crack Squad, and other tactical squads to rescue the victims.
He said the police operatives would execute a tactical day-and-night operation on criminal hideouts and black spots around the state to rescue the victims.
