Ogun Govt Owned Security Outfit Admits To Killing RCCG Pastor In Error

An Ogun State government-owned security outfit identified as So-Safe Corps has admitted to killing a pastor, Adeniyi Adisa on July 1 2023.

Naija News gathered that the Commander of the Ogun State So-Safe Corps, Soji Ganzallo, on Monday confirmed the incident.

According to him, late Adisa was killed in error by the outfit during a shoot-out with suspected kidnappers on July 1, 2023.

The So-Safe Corps Commander, however said his outfit rescued the seven church members and killed one of the kidnappers during the operation.

It would be recalled that some unknown gunmen had reportedly attacked a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) at Abule-Ori in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state, where they killed a pastor and abducted seven worshippers.

According to Ganzallo, the late pastor was also kidnapped at a different location by the gang of hoodlums who attacked the church.

While the press and the family members of the slain pastor in Abeokuta on Monday, Ganzallo said “It will be recalled that on July 1st, our officers responding to a distress call at Abule-Ori community in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state moved in and were able to rescue seven church members earlier kidnapped in a church. That same night, the Corps decided to trail the kidnappers and it was during the operation when the officers engaged in a shoot-out with the kidnappers that the unintended event happened.

“It was really an unfortunate situation, a very sad one that none of us is happy about. After this incident, So Safe issued a release to the members of the public that several kidnapped church members were rescued while one of the kidnappers was gunned down while others escaped with bullet wounds.

“We however later got to know in the course of our investigation that the suspect killed was not a kidnapper but Pastor Adeniyi Adisa of Oke Oluokun, Ibadan, Oyo State who had earlier been kidnapped by the kidnappers and probably brought along to be freed after collecting the ransom before going for their next operation.”

Adisa, a pastor in charge of Latter Rain Revival Christian Church, Olaogun, Ibadan, Oyo State, was said to have been kidnapped on June 24 while returning from a visit to a friend in the Yotomi area, Owode Egba in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.