Adeboye, El-Rufai meet days after release of kidnapped RCCG members
Published 2:01 pm
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Tuesday, met with the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai.
The meeting was held at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House in Kaduna.
At the meeting were top cabinet members of the state government as well as top RCCG officials.
The meeting came days after the 79-year-old general overseer disclosed that eight members of his church kidnapped in Kaduna had been released.
The PUNCH had reported that members of RCCG, Region 30, Trinity Sanctuary, Kaduna, were attacked on March 26 near Doka along the Kachia-Kafanchan Road, on their way to a programme.
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Eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God who were abducted by gunmen last month while traveling on a bus to a church program in the Kaduna state of northwest Nigeria have been freed.
“Today I got the exciting news that our brethren who were in captivity of kidnappers have all been released and taken to the hospital for check-up and tests,” RCCG General Overseer Pastor Enoch Adeboye announced on Twitter.