Kidnapped 70-year- Old Pastor Regains Freedom

After spending eleven days in his kidnappers’ den, the pastor of Apostolic Faith Church, Ilepa in Ikare Akoko, Reverend Japhet Obafemi, yesterday regained his freedom.

The 70-year-old clergyman was released by his abductors at Ise-Akoko few kilometers from where he was kidnapped last week Monday along Auga-Akunnu road in Akoko north-east local government area of Ondo State.

A source told LEADERSHIP that the suspected kidnappers released the pastor without collecting any ransom.

Narrating his ordeal Pastor Obafemi, who sustained injury on his head noted that he trekked over six kilometers from the bush where he was released to Ise-Akoko.
Reacting, the caretaker chairman of Akoko north- east local government, Alhaji Azeez Al-Amam, expressed appreciation to the media, security agencies and the state governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, for their various roles in ensuring the release of the clergyman.