Reverend Elisha Noma of Nagarta Baptist Church, Angwan Makiri, Kaduna State was on Wednesday abducted by unknown gunmen.

Rev Noma’s abduction comes two weeks after Jeremiah Omolewa, a Pastor in charge of Living Faith Church, Angwan Romi, Kaduna, was killed and a ransom paid to free his wife from kidnappers.

The armed kidnappers were said to have stormed the village around 1:30 am, forced their way into the Pastor’s house and went away with him and his son.

They, however, later released the son, Emmanuel Elisha, who was threatened to go and raise an unspecified amount of money as ransom to secure the release of his father within five days or risk being killed.

According to the pastor’s son,

“They  [the kidnappers] came around 1 am. They were about 20 armed men came to the village and started hitting at doors but nobody opened. They then forced their way into houses and vandalised properties. They carted away some valuables including mobile phones and clothing in my mother’s box.

“They picked me together with my father. But after a while into the bush, I was released and they went away with my father. One of them was dressed in military camouflage.

“As they released me, they threatened that if we fail to bring money in five days even though they didn’t mention the specific ransom, they will kill him.

“We are yet to report to the police because even when we had similar experience in the past and we contacted them, they did not do anything about it. So, it is of no use.”

Meanwhile, spokesman for Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Yakubu Sabo, was yet to respond to message sent to him on this development.