Don’t let them die like Pastor Elisha, Nigerians call for release of RCCG evangelists

The hashtag, #FreeRCCGMembers is trending at Number 2 this morning as Nigerians on Twitter demand the freedom of the eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) abducted by bandits last Friday.

The eight, going for evangelism in a church bus, were stopped and abducted by armed bandits between Kachia and Kafanchan in the evening of Friday of March, 2021. Read the report here.

A former presidential aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, on Monday galvanised Christians on Twitter with a post asking them to spare a thought for the abducted Christians and raise a voice for their freedom.

He tweeted: “Please, I appeal to you to do me this favour. Use the hashtag, #FreeRCCGMembers to call for the release of the @RCCGHQ pastor and members abducted by bandits in Kaduna. Don’t let them end up like Pastor Eunice Elisha. Do this for Christ, because of what Christ did it for you and I.”

Pastor Eunice Elisha, a mother of seven, was a deaconess of the Divine Touch Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, who was killed in Kubwa, Abuja by religious bigots while she was on early morning evangelism in 2016.

Many Christians responded to Okri’s tweet by praying for the release of the eight RCCG members, while some called on the authorities to take concrete action to free them and stop the rising wave of kidnapping across the country.

Some others have harsh words for President Mohammadu Buhari and his Vice, Professor Yemi Oshinbajo, who they believe do not attach enough gravity to the worsening insecurity across the nation.