Apprehension has taken over the National Headquarters of Evangelical
Church Winning All (International) following the abduction of its
Christian Education Director, Rev. Jen Moses, by gunmen suspected to be
Fulani herdsmen.
Although the details of the incident were still sketchy,
ViewPointNigeria learnt that he was kidnapped on Friday evening between
Jere and Bwari on the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory while
on an official meeting.
During the attack, his driver was shot and has been reportedly
receiving treatment in Bwari hospital in Abuja, while the kidnappers
have placed a call on the church and family members demanding N100m
ransom.
The spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Anjuguri Manzah, said he had yet to receive any report on the kidnap.
“We have not received any report of such an incident. Yes, at that
end, Bwari is a very big point and the biggest town. So, oftentimes,
people describe everywhere as Bwari which shares boundary with different
states”, he stated.
But when contacted, the General Secretary of ECWA, Yunusa Nmadu,
confirmed the abduction to ViewPointNigeria, saying the bandits had made
a demand of N100m ransom.
He said, “The kidnappers were seven Fulani boys; they were below 20
years. The incident happened on Friday night between 8 and 9pm. Reverend
Jen Moses was on his way from Jos to Abuja around Jere-Bwari Road. The
kidnappers are demanding N100m ransom.
“The vehicle in which he was traveling was also seen on the
checkpoint because his driver had a gunshot. The driver was advised to
obtain police report before he was treated. I am aware that the incident
was reported in a police station somewhere in Bwari Area Council.
“We will rather keep what we have been doing now to ourselves so that
we don’t jeopardise investigation and efforts being made to secure his
release. We will speak to the press after securing his release.”
ViewPointNigeria had reported that on May 10, armed robbers suspected
to be Fulani herdsmen had attacked travellers on the ever-busy
Jos-Keffi Expressway, carting away mobile phones and money from them.
The robbery took place at about 10am on the Expressway close to a
village called Barde, after Gidan Waya in Kaduna State, a few kilometres
from Jos, Plateau state capital.
The robbers, numbering about ten, with five of them wielding
dangerous weapons, including guns and machetes, came from the bush,
stopped vehicles and ordered passengers to lie face-down.
Culled from ViewPoint Nigeria