The Executive Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Area wish to use this medium to state that two pastors; Pastor Adura Kayode and Kingsley Ebong of the City of Grace Prophetic Liberation Church who were abducted during a Night vigil around 11pm at the Akpamoba-Igbola Mountain on Friday night have been rescued and reunited with their families while the manhaunt for the criminals continues.
The Chairman has called on residents of the area to remain calm as security personnels on the trails of the criminals are making steady progress. Although the worshippers who escaped have given useful information to the Security operatives, anybody with credible intel should not hesitate to contact the authorities.
The Lokoja Local Government Chairman, Comrade Abdullahi Adamu assures the public that the security operatives will continue to comb the forest until everyone who may have been abducted and held in the forests is freed.
The Chairman commends the Commander, Ismaila Hassan and officers of the Community Vigilante Groups covering Felele to Tajimi and it’s environs for swiftly responding to the distress call which forced the criminals to hurriedly retreat. He further charged security operatives to sustain the search, rid the forest of all criminal elements and restore sanity.
Hon. Yusuf Mohammed Bala
Special Adviser to the Executive Chairman
Lokoja Local Government Area
15th April, 2025
