Abducted Pastor in charge of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Nariya, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Rev. Dauda Bature, has been murdered by terrorists after collecting the undisclosed amount of money as ransom.
Pastor Bature was kidnapped from his farm within the same Nariya area, on Monday, November 8, 2021, after which the abductors made a ransom demand of N10 million on his head.
A source disclosed that, “When some money was raised, they asked the wife to bring the money which she took to them on November 18. Then, they collected the money and also kidnapped her.
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“They kept her until Monday, December 6 and then released her to go and look for more money. From that time, they were not talking to the wife again but another person.”
Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, who disclosed that the pastor has been killed by his abductors, lamented that the bandits are now ‘cruel and brutal’ to their victims, calling on the government to triple its efforts with superior power to put the frequent bloody attacks on the harmless populace to check.
According to him, “on Thursday, they just called to tell the man that they had killed the pastor since they could not bring more money. The leadership of ECWA has been finding it difficult to break the information to the wife until yesterday (Friday) which was why people are just getting to know about it.
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“What this means is that the bandits have become so cruel and brutal to their victims. They no longer have mercy.
“It shows our government needs to triple what it’s doing. These people cannot be defeated through rhetoric but by a superior fire. Despite the measures taken, they continue their wickedness.”