Kayode Akande and two other church leaders kidnapped by suspected herdsmen in Osun State have regained their freedom. The cleric said that his colleague and two others, who were kidnapped by the hoodlums since Sunday night were freed by their abductors unharmed. He said, “The priest and the two others kidnapped by the suspected herdsmen have been released. Honestly speaking, they were released by God’s intervention and by the intervention of the Bishop who also pleaded and prayed for those kidnappers. “There was a request for ransom but the bishop pleaded and prayed for them and God intervened.

Source: Punch June 15, 2018 08:03 UTC