The pastor of the Deeper Life Christan Church, Otamayomi Ogedengbe kidnapped in Akure, Ondo State last week has been released.
The family reportedly paid a huge amount of money as ransom before he was released on Sunday.
The clergyman was abducted inside the church situated at Irese area of the state last week by some unknown gunmen.
The kidnappers had earlier demanded N30m ransom from the wife Yinka for his release.
A family source, who confirmed the development said the pastor had rejoined his family. He declined to comment on the payment of ransom to secure his release.
The state police spokesperson, Tee-Leo Ikoro said, ” I’m yet to get information on that, so when I get the information I will let you know”.
Pastor Ogedengbe was abducted inside the church on Monday evening by some gunmen who reportedly came to the church in a Corolla Toyota car.
Narrating how her husband was abducted, Yinka said the hoodlums entered the premises of the church, took their time to search for her husband before they forcefully took him away.
She said some church members made attempt to pursue the hoodlums but the kidnappers were shooting indiscriminately to scare people away.
She said, “Monday was our Bible study day. Immediately after the Bible study, we were rounding off when one of our brothers collected the car key to park it properly. He met some boys outside.
“He said the boys pushed him down from the car and he thought they wanted to collect the car. They slapped him and when they looked at him properly and discovered he was not the person they were looking for, they brought him inside the church and started searching for who they were looking for.
“They saw my husband and said he was the person. When we got outside, they started shooting and they pushed my husband into their car. We drove after them towards Irese road but they were shooting at us. It was dark; so, we stopped. Since then we have not heard anything from them (kidnappers).”
The cleric is said to be recuperating in the hospital.
