abducted Anglican priest tale

The Bishop of the African Church, Ondo Central Missionary Diocese, Rt. Revd. Samuel Ojo, has deplored the slaughtering of the Chaplain of the congregation, Revd. David Ayeola.


Ayeola was murdered by presumed criminals in Ekiti State.

Ojo, who got away kidnapping by a hair, said the shooters were Fulani herders, approaching the police to convey the culprits to book.

it had been accounted for that Ayeola was abducted by the shooters last Thursday while going with the diocesan, his significant other and the driver.

The hijackers had requested N100m deliver, yet the congregation offered N500,000.

The police were endeavoring to save the 26-year-old when he was shot dead by the shooters, who instantly fled the scene.

Ojo, who had sought total isolation after the assault, told our reporter on Monday that the demise of the reverend shook the congregation, including that no administration was hung on Sunday in every one of the areas of the category in Ondo State.

Relating the assault that prompted the catch of Ayeola, he stated, "My in-law, an indigene of Ayegbaju Ekiti, had passed on and my better half, the cleric, and also my driver tailed me to the town last Tuesday in readiness for the internment.

"On Thursday, we went to the place where I grew up in Imojo Ekiti. Around 6pm, we cleared out the town to come back to Ayegbaju, setting of the entombment. Nonetheless, when we got to a place amongst Imojo and Oye Ekiti, some veiled shooters rose up out of the shrubbery, obstructed the street and began shooting constantly.

"Our driver endeavored to turn back, however he found that individuals from the posse were likewise returning from the. He all of a sudden crashed into the woodland. Myself, my better half, the reverend, and the driver kept running into the shrubbery. I instructed them to keep running for their lives and we fled in various ways. I crept in the woodland for a considerable length of time."

He clarified that he and his significant other, together with the driver, later developed in another town at various circumstances, from where they educated villagers and relatives about the occurrence.

He said late in the night, he was educated that the criminals had called Akure, the congregation's central station, to request the installment of the N100m emancipate.

"A short time later, the hijackers began calling me with the reverend telephone number. From their accents, they seemed like Fulani. They were undermining to execute him in the event that we didn't pay the cash. When I offered them N500,000, they offended me and the congregation.

"In the interim, magistrates of police in Ekiti and Ondo states had sent policemen in the three divisions encompassing the place to search for him. The seekers relationship in the town had additionally moved into the backwoods to scan for him.

"On Saturday, I was called by the hijackers and I disclosed to them that we were searching for the cash. By 11pm, a few indigenes who went to their ranch, located three men with weapons. They saw the minister with them. They educated the police and that was the way the police and the seekers attacked the backwoods to safeguard him," he included.

He clarified that the policemen and the hijackers occupied with a shootout, saying the police later supported off all together not to jeopardize the life of the prisoner.

Ojo said the shooters shot and slaughtered the cleric.

"I appointed him in 2015. He was the best at the school of philosophy in his set. He was a great and dynamic evangelist of the gospel. We are altogether disheartened by his passing. We need the police to get the suspects and convey them to book. This is an awesome misfortune to the congregation," he included.

The Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer, Adeyemi Ademola, said the police still couldn't seem to capture any speculate, including that examinations were continuous.