Gunmen on Sunday night abducted Mrs Patience Nasamu, wife of Pastor Samuel Nasamu of the Word of God Church, Agyaragu, along with a female church member in Obi Local Government Area, Nasarawa State.
Narrating the incident, Pastor Nasamu said his wife, who is nursing a three-month-old baby, was taken alongside a church member who had visited the family after service.
“I had just stepped out to pray for a sick member when my wife called me. All I could hear was her praying — she couldn’t even say what was happening.
By the time I rushed back, both she and our visitor had been abducted, leaving our baby behind,” he said.
According to him, the attackers stormed his compound around 8:15pm, attempting to smash the doors and windows with a hammer.
When they failed to gain entry, they fired shots into the air, forcing his wife to open the door. She and the visitor were then seized.
Nasamu added that strange faces had earlier been sighted on motorcycles around the community at about 7:00pm, shortly before gunshots rang out.
The cleric said the abductors had not made contact since the incident.
He confirmed that police officers visited after the attack and appealed for calm while investigations were ongoing.
A resident of Agyaragu, who asked not to be named, described the spate of kidnappings in the area as alarming, urging Governor Abdullahi Sule to act swiftly.
“We live in fear every day of being kidnapped or killed if ransom is not paid. Farmers and residents are taken almost daily.
Help us tell Governor A. A. Sule that Agyaragu is now at the mercy of kidnappers,” the resident lamented.
