Gunmen who kidnapped a pastor with the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) David Musa have murdered him.
Nigeriacrime.com gathered that Pastor David was killed on Tuesday night after the gunmen collected N1,000,000 ransome from his family.
News of his murder was disclosed on the church platform on Wednesday, the short message reads:
“It is with a heavy heart but in total submission to the will of God, that I write to inform you that the abductors of our brother, Pastor Musa David, have killed him after collecting a ransom of one million naira last night. Let our prayers be with the family, the Church, and the DCC in this trying moment.”
News of the abduction of the victim broke on Saturday, 11 November, in the heat of the Kogi state governorship election. He was said to have been abducted around the Obajana area.
A church member said the abductors may have killed him because the N1m they paid was very small to the N20m the abductors initially demanded.
He said the team raised by the family to pay the Ransome saw the pastor when they took the Ransome to the abductors.
“The pastor was kidnapped in his farm in Obajana and the abductors demanded N20m. When it was difficult to raise the amount, the family begged that they could only raise N1m, which they took to the abductors.
“The team saw the pastor when they dropped the money and they asked them to go that the pastor will be released later. Just a few distance from there they heard a gunshot. When they didn’t see the pastor, they went back to the place and found him dead with a bullet shot.”
Pastor David was formerly in charge of ECWA Bishara, Ajaokuta. His gruesome murder has heightened panic among his congregation and the state in general.
It would be recalled that the Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba Road has become unsafe in recent times, Gunmen have been operating regularly on the road, abducting and sending people to their early graves.
In September, an army Major was among 26 people who were led to the bush at Aiyegunle Igun, a few kilometres from Kabba town. Some of them secured their freedom after one week in captivity. The fate of others is still unknown.