A Kidnapping That Could Change Government’s Narrative.

As the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, announced to his congregation that five RCCG pastors have been kidnapped by yet unknown gunmen on Thursday, every thought and cerebration went to the Vice President of Nigeria, Mr. Yemi Osinbajo, who was an RCCG pastor before becoming the Vice President.

The focus on the Vice President after this incident is based on the fact that the number two citizen of Nigeria has been somewhat in denial of the menace caused by the apparently unpredictable crime of kidnapping in Nigeria.

While traveling to the United States recently, Osinbajo was quoted as saying that stories of  kidnapping in Nigeria were exaggerated. The clear effort to downplay the menace took many by surprise. Even recently as fresh outcry arose in the wake of the death of the daughter of the leader of Afenifere in one of the daily crime occurrences, the Vice President attempted to downplay the spate of crime in Nigeria. Now that five of his former colleagues have been kidnapped while attending a church conference everybody wonders if this would be enough to get the Government of Nigeria to finally admit that kidnapping has spiralled out of control, and it is time to throw in all it has against kidnapping and kidnappers

According to Pastor Adeboye, the five pastors were kidnapped along the Ijebu-Ode axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The ministers were kidnapped while they were attending RCCGs Ministers’ Conference in Lagos.

Pastor Adeboye who said he was not happy over the development however urged his congregation to pray for the release of the pastors.