By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
The Chairman of the Pentecost Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in Kaduna State, Apostle Emmanuel Bako, has been kidnapped by gunmen.
Bako was kidnapped along with his wife, Cindy, and one other person on Christmas Day at Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday.
He explained that unidentified gunmen attacked the Albarka Praying Camp along the Afana-Fadan Kagoma-Kwoi Road and started shooting sporadically before whisking them away.
He further disclosed that a vehicle was hit by a bullet while the PFN chairman, his wife, and the other victim were taken away from the camp.
Aruwan said that security operatives promptly arrived at the location and pursued the kidnappers who were, however, able to escape with the victims.
In his reaction, the PFN Chairman in Cross River State, Lawrence Ekwok, condemned the incident and called for the immediate release of Bako and his wife, as well as the other person abducted by the gunmen.
Ekwok, who made the call in a statement, described the incident which occurred on Christmas Day, generally recognised worldwide as a day of peace and joy, as not only callous but wicked and insensitive.
He lamented that preachers of the gospel of Jesus Christ had become the target of kidnappers and called for urgent attention to address the situation. The cleric, while describing the security situation in the country as terrible, appealed to the security agencies to ensure the immediate release of the apostle.