Benue preacher loses brother despite paying ransom to kidnappers

Apostle Arome Osayi, a preacher based in Benue State, has announced the death of his brother Ojinimi, in the hands of kidnappers.

According to the senior pastor of Remnant Christian Network in Makurdi, the state capital, ransom was paid to the kidnappers but Ojinimi died due to “serious strain on his health”.

Arome, in a grief-stricken Facebook post uploaded the photo of Ojinimi and wrote, “My older brother, Ojinimi Osayi just passed (on) under very heartbreaking circumstances brought on by the massive insecurity that’s got Nigeria on a chokehold. He was kidnapped, ransom was paid yet did not make it because of serious strain on his health.

“We did our best. Now we must defer to the unquestionable will of God. The grief is much but the joy of the Lord is our strength. We judge God faithful in the midst of it all.

“Rest on in the bosom of the Lord, big brother, ‘Ojay’, as we fondly called you. Peace!

“Though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we shall fear no evil.”

All over Nigeria, kidnapping has become a sordid menace and a lucrative ‘enterprise’ in Nigeria as the West African nation’s security situation worsens.