Rivers Police Exhume Corpse Of Pastor Killed, Buried By Kidnappers

The corpse of the General Overseer of God is God Ministries, Pastor Friday Olakada, at Agbochia in Eleme local government area has been exhumed by the River State Police Command.

Grassroots.ng gathered that the 56 year old father of six was Kidnapped on the 14th of May 2021 by the suspects who pretended to be passengers and asked him to picked them on a drop.

Briefing Journalists at the scene of the crime in Lorre Community Khana government area, Rivers State commissioner of police, Mr Friday Eboka said the four suspects collected the sum of five hundred thousand naira as ransom, killed their victim and buried him in a shallow grave.

Mr Eboka explained that the suspects confessed to having killed the victim ten days after collecting the ransom.

Speaking on behalf of the other suspects, 27 years Prince Odi explained that the victim was killed because he recognized one of them.

Odi said they were contacted by someone who was in need of a Siena bus, which the victim was lured and his vehicle snatched before he was killed.

Younger brother to the deceased, Mr Woko Olakada commended the police for their efforts and asked that justice be served in the matter.

Mr Olakada also expressed sadness over the demise of his elder brother noting that the family is in pains as the children of the deceased are facing untold hardship.