\n

A pastor with Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, identified as Olugbenga Olawore, and other passengers of a 14-seater bus have been kidnapped in Oyo State.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST gathered on Saturday that the cleric and other passengers of the bus were abducted on Friday.<\/p>\n

Sources said that the bus was en route Lagos State.<\/p>\n

Olawore is currently a pastor at Heavens Gate Parish, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Lagos Province 73, along Agbara-Lusada Road in Ogun State.<\/p>\n

A source told DAILY POST that the incident occurred at Maya axis of Lanlate-Eruwa Road at about 5 pm on Friday.<\/p>\n

The cleric was returning from Ipapo town where he went to put the final touches on the burial arrangements for his mother.<\/p>\n

The burial of the pastor\u2019s mother, Deaconess Deborah Olawore, was said to have been scheduled to commence with a Christian wake next week Friday, April 26, while the burial was slated for Friday, May 3rd.<\/p>\n

Police Public Relations Officer of the state police command, SP Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the incident to DAILY POST on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Osifeso in a response to DAILY POST enquiry, said \u201cinvestigation is in progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpdates will be provided accordingly, please\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kidnappers hijack commercial bus, abduct RCCG pastor, 14 others in Oyo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A pastor with Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, identified as Olugbenga Olawore, and other passengers of a 14-seater bus…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[384,15,1084,761],"tags":[764,387,180,1088,762],"class_list":["post-28194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","category-news","category-rccg","category-top-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-metro","tag-news","tag-rccg","tag-top"],"yoast_head":"\n