A member of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku in Kwara state, has recounted his ordeal in the kidnappers’ den.
He was one of the worshippers abducted during evening
service on November 18.
On Sunday, President Bola Tinubu announced that
all the 38 worshippers have been rescued.
In an interview with TVC, the
victim said the attackers struck shortly after the programme commenced and
fired shots around the church.
“It was a sudden act, a terrifying act. Because that
evening, after 30 minutes of the programme, we just heard gunshots,” he said.
“Even to my own perspective, I didn’t know it was gunshots.
I thought it was just sparking of some wire.”
He said the assailants surrounded the entire church building
during the assault.
“By the time we got up, they surrounded the whole church.
Even some people there began to narrate that they were seeing drops of blood
everywhere,” he said.
The survivor said the captives were taken into a forested
zone controlled by the terrorists.
“It was unimaginable because when we got there, we didn’t
know that it was a dominated area,” he added.
He narrated that the abductors openly identified as bandits
and boasted about their stronghold in the region.
“They made us know that there is no one who can slip away
without being caught. And with what we saw, nobody can escape,” he said.
He said the group appeared familiar with all routes linking
forests across Kwara and neighbouring states.
“From that place, they have dominated. They knew all the
routes surrounding all those bushes within Kwara and other cities. They knew
it,” he added.
Kwara and several other northern states have recorded a rise
in abductions in recent weeks, including the attack on
CAC Oke Isegun, Eruku.
Meanwhile, the church resumed service last Sunday.
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