Sahara Reporters is reporting that: A pastor of the Redeemed Christian
Church of God who was kidnapped 10 months ago escaped from Boko Haram
militants in Borno on Tuesday.
Pastor Rotimi Obajimi, who served as a pastor in the rural area of
Borno/Yobe province, was on his to Maiduguri on January 6th this year
when Boko Haram militants abducted him.
According to a pastor in Redeem church in Maiduguri told
SaharaReporters that they were surprised to see Mr. Obajimi emerge from
nowhere, he said, “we were so amazed to see him because we have been
praying earnestly for long time trusting Jesus that he would surely come
back but lo and behold he was brought to our headquarters in Maiduguri
by the military.”
The pastor told his colleagues that was taken to Sambisa Forest where
he was tied down for months, he was later moved to an unknown
destination and thereafter brought back to Sambisa forest again. He
reportedly told his colleagues that his escape was made possible by a
heavy downpour that led to massive floods which sacked everyone in the
camps.
Due to the rains, armed men left him and others so he was
able to escape and for days he wandered in the forest before he could
arrive to a village where the military picked him up after narrating his
experiences to them, they later brought him to Maiduguri.
He was later driven to Maimallari Hospital by military escorts,who had his face covered.
Another pastor revealed that the senior military official at 7
Division has advised them to relocate the pastor to Redemption Camp in
Lagos for his safety, in fact, adequate provision has been made to fly
him out of Maiduguri according to the pastor.
A military source at 7 Division confirmed the escape of Pastor
Obajimi claiming that he has been fully debriefed by the military.
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