Three-year-old boy kidnapped during service in Redeemed church

Kidnappers are targeting members of one of the supposedly richest churches in Nigeria.
Barely one week after a member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Nnenna Edu, was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint at the Good Shepard Pasture Parish on April 14, 2013 at Sabo, Yaba area of Lagos State, another member this time had his baby boy allegedly kidnapped during a church service at the Redeemed Christian Church of God at Market Street, Shomolu area of the state.
The boy, David Asiyeye, 3, was said to have been abducted from the children’s unit on April 21.
The boy’s father is self employed and works as a camera man with the church.
David is the only boy and last child in a family of four children.
His mother is also a worker in the church.
Sadly, more than one week after the abduction, the kidnappers are yet to return the boy.
Narrating what happened that day, a member of the church, identified simply as Tolu, said: “It is the usual practice in the church to keep children in a department different from where the elders worship.
“It was Sunday the 21st when after the morning service at 12noon that we noticed that the boy had disappeared.
“It may be laxity in the security arrangement at the children department.
“When the news of the boy’s disappearance was made public, the church members and people in the community started looking for the boy.
“The case was later reported at the Alade Police Station.”
It was gathered that on April 23, the victim’s parents received phone calls with hidden numbers asking them to bring a ransom of N5 million.
The parents are said to be devastated over the abduction and are making frantic efforts to get their only son back alive.
The members of the church have started a prayer and fasting session for the safe return of the boy.
Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye is the General Overseer of the RCCG.