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Five months after, kidnapped Corper Abraham still not free
We at nyscinfo.com, formerly reported about an NYSC Corps Members that was kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents, five months after, kidnapped Corper Abraham still not free.
Amuta, an assistant pastor with the Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners’ Chapel) and a Corps Member deployed to Maiduguri, Borno for his service year, was kidnapped alongside his pastor, Moses Oyeleke.
They were abducted on 13th March 2019, along Chibok road.
Amuta was reported to be the only son of his parents.
The two were said to be members of a committee set up by the church to distribute relief materials to internally displaced persons (IDPs). They were abducted while engaging with the IDPs.
The abduction of these two has attracted no public outcry, neither has it received any media attention. It would appear they have been abandoned to fate.
The two men joined hundreds of other Nigerian citizens with unknown identities held in captivity by the Boko Haram insurgent.
The government had engaged in negotiations with the insurgents using several individuals in the north-east.
But a top government official said “there is no sense of urgency in any of these talks as if precious human lives are not at risk”.
Also, security sources revealed that the insurgents “don’t seem to be making the kind of compromises that would normally lead to a breakthrough in a matter of this nature, a development government finds unhelpful”.
Ruth Oyeleke, the kidnapped pastor’s wife, said nothing has been heard about efforts made to secure the release of her husband.
She said that the police have not been forthcoming with information regarding any progress made as the senior pastor of her church has been in touch with them.
She said the pastor of her parish, members of the church as well as family members have been helpful and supportive “in these trying times”.
“They are doing their best; they have really been trying their best,” she said.
“Our pastor and church members have been very helpful. They have been the ones around me. We have not heard anything from the police and government and our senior pastor has been the one in touch with them. They are not forthcoming with any information about what they are doing to help my husband.
“The pastor and members of the church that have been with me. They pray with me, encourage me to be hopeful; they are really trying.
“They pay me salary when they pay others which I have been using to take care of myself and our two children.”
Asked if there is an assurance that her husband will be released, she replied: “I believe in God. I trust in him, he was the one who called and sent my husband. And I know he has not abandoned him. I trust in him to bring my husband back; I’m holding on to my faith.”
When Usman Usmobik, PPRO of the state command was contacted, he said he would get back as soon as he gets “clearance”.
David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide recently placed curses on the killers of Jeremiah Omolewa, a resident pastor of the church in Romi New Extension, a suburb of Kaduna.
Omolewa was travelling with his wife, Oluwakemi, and son to Abuja when he was shot dead.
While his son escaped, the gunmen took his widow into the forest and contacted the family to demand a ransom of N50 million.
The pastor’s wife was later released but there was no confirmation if any ransom was paid.