Gunmen have kidnapped the senior Pastor of Evangelist Church Winning All (ECWA),  Dankade, Rev Zakariah Ido, his daughter along with 16 others.

The Nation reports that the incident which took place within the church premises in Igabi local government area of Kaduna State during a Sunday service witnesses the son of the pastor of Assemblies of God Church being kidnapped.

Zaria DCC Secretary of the church, Rev Nath Waziri said “It is sad to inform you that one of our pastors, his daughter and 15 other members of ECWA Church Dankade were kidnapped in the early hours of today.

Rev Waziri added “The church hosted a combined choir fellowship Saturday night to early hours of today. Then, this morning (Sunday), kidnappers stormed the church, when the gunmen came, they asked everyone in the church to surrender his or her phones and demanded the whereabouts of the pastor.

“After threatening the choristers they became afraid and showed them the pastor’s home. They took him away and his daughter with 15 others, including the son of the pastor of Assemblies of God Church.”

He added that as at 10 p.m. on Sunday, no contact has been established with the kidnappers.