Catholic priest, RCCG official, banker abducted

Gunmen have kidnapped the Priest in charge of St. John’s Catholic Church, Obinomba in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State.
The priest, identified as Rev. Fr. Harrison Prhinyovaw, was said to have been abducted about 8 p.m. on Monday at a bad spot in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state.
The victim was said to have been on transit from Warri to his station, Obinomba.
According to a community source, the cleric was meandering through the bad spot in his Highlander SUV in Oria-Abraka when the incident happened.
“The kidnappers shot sporadically in the air to scare away passers-by at the scene of the operation. They abandoned the cleric’s car at the scene of the incident,” the source said.
Also, a member of the local vigilante who spoke with journalists on condition of anonymity, said he and his colleagues heard the terrifying gun shots fired by the kidnappers.
He said that they could not have combated the criminals with their ‘shoot and run’ guns.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the state, DSP Edafe Bright, confirmed the incident.
According to him, a crack team of the police was already on trail of the suspects.
Also, the Police Command in Oyo State on Tuesday confirmed the abduction of an official of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and Polaris Bank worker at a quarry site in Ibadan.
Gunmen invaded the quarry site along Ijebu-Ode/ Ibadan road on Monday and kidnapped Mr Popoola Isaac, a RCCG official, and Mr Ismail Adeoye, a banker with Polaris Bank.
The command Public Relations Officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the abduction on Tuesday.
Fadeyi said that efforts were being intensified to secure release of the victims and arrest the abductors.
The incident occurred at Dalli Village (Binu Quarry) along Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Road.
The case was reported at the Idi Ayunre Police Station in Ibadan.