•Redeemed Church Pastor Killed In Bwari Area Council.
•The total number of persons abducted in these attacks is 39 and they are yet to be released.
Garam Community of Bwari Area Council Abuja, was on December 23rd, invaded by gunmen suspected to be bandits. During the invasion, they murdered a pastor of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
A Garam resident named Mrs Juliana recounted to newsmen, that the bandits’ entered into a wrong house initially, where they seized two boys, later using them to locate their actual target’s residence.
When they got there, they kidnapped the entire family, but while leaving the house, they shot the man (their target), who is a pastor at the Redeemed Christians Church of God in the presence of his wife and their three children,” she said.
Gunmen on 28th December also launched attack on Kuduru in Bwari Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and on 29th December, attacked Azu community in Niger State, resulting in the deaths of at least four individuals.
The total number of persons abducted in these attacks is 39 and they are yet to be released.
