Tragedy has struck the Nigerian Christian community as a pastor at Dunamis Church passed away after being involved in an accident The pastor’s nephew explained that he was returning from a wedding in Makurdi when he reportedly ran into bandits operation, social media users were left in deep sorrow as they mourned the Dunamis Church pastor and prayed for the repose of his soul.
A Dunamis Church pastor, Abraham Francis Aduh Ojo, returning home after a wedding in Makurdi, has met his untimely end while trying to flee from bandits.
This was contained in a statement that the pastor’s nephew, Abuh Richard Enemona, released on Facebook announcing his death.
According to his nephew on Facebook, the incident happened on Thursday, February 12. Narrating the unfortunate incident, Richard said the pastor ran into the bandits during their operation and was trying to flee when he had an accident and died instantly.
He added that the pastor’s demise threw his entire household and community into mourning. He prayed for the repose of the pastor’s soul.
Richard’s statement read: “My Uncle was coming from Makurdi yesterday after a crusade and he ran into bandits operations and was trying to escape but had an accident and died immediately. “Until his dead, he’s a pastor serving in Dunamis church, since morning my family and entire community was throw into a heavy tears here. “Rest well uncle Pastor Abraham Francis Aduh Ojo.”
While Richard initially said that the clergyman died while returning from a crusade, subsequent findings established that he was, in fact, travelling back from a wedding ceremony in Makurdi at the time of the incident.
A pastor of the church who spoke on Saturday, February 14, said: “He was traveling from Dekina in Kogi State for a wedding in Adoka in Benue state on Wednesday on approaching Adoka, they were told bandits were operating at the front, so their vehicle turned back to take another road, then their tyre busted and He had a shock that paraIyzed one side of his body, immediately he was rushed to the hospital in Adoka and then transferred to Markudi teaching hospital where he died on Thursday by 9pm.”
The news was confirmed by Adamu Atiku, Commissioner for Works and Energy Development in Adamawa State, who expressed his grief in a post on X. Atiku reported that the pastor had died earlier that day in a motor accident. He described the incident as heartbreaking and said it had left him deeply shaken.
