Nigeria: Abducted Plateau Pastor Found Dead, Four Others Reportedly Killed

What the report says

Premium Times, as republished by AllAfrica, reported that a pastor abducted on the Jos-Bokkos road in Plateau State was later found dead, while another cleric remained missing after the same attack. The deceased was identified as Hills Emmanuel, a former Dunamis Church pastor and founder of The Wonderful Grace of God Evangelical Ministry in Bokkos. He was reportedly travelling from Jos to Bokkos on Friday with Gabriel Dipak of the Christ Apostolic Church when armed attackers stopped a commercial minivan carrying nine passengers.

According to the report, the assailants took phones and cash from the other passengers before letting them go. Emmanuel’s body was said to have been discovered early Saturday near the site of the abduction, and Dipak was still in captivity at the time of reporting. The article said the abductors had contacted Dipak’s family, though it was not clear whether a ransom was demanded. Police confirmation was not immediately available.

The same report said four other people were killed in separate attacks in Riyom, Barkin Ladi and Mangu local government areas between Friday night and Saturday. Those incidents included the killing of a woman in Fang village, two deaths in Radura village, and an attack in Chakfem village that left at least one person injured. Together with Emmanuel’s death, the reported toll rose to five.

The story reflects persistent insecurity in parts of Plateau State, where communities have faced repeated killings and abductions. The article noted that the circumstances and perpetrators could not be independently verified from official sources at the time.