Worshippers Freed Without Ransom: Bayo Onanuga Credits DSS, Military Negotiation with Bandits

• Bayo Onanuga, Director of Media and Publicity for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, confirmed that the 38 Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) worshippers recently kidnapped in Eruku, Kwara State, have been released without a ransom being paid.
• Onanuga credited the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Military, stating that the security agencies successfully contacted and negotiated with the bandits who then agreed to release the victims.

Bayo Onanuga, Director of Media and Publicity for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, has provided an update on the release of the 38 kidnapped Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) worshippers in Kwara State, attributing their freedom to successful negotiation by security agencies.

The worshippers were abducted after a deadly bandit attack on their church in Eruku, Kwara State, on November 18, 2025.

Onanuga took to social media to state explicitly that no ransom was paid for the release of the victims. He credited the efforts of Nigeria’s security forces:

“The DSS and Military contacted the bandits, asked them to release the 38 worshippers. The bandits agreed and released them. We didn’t pay any ransom.”

Bayo Onanuga said Tinubu’s government got in contact with the terrorists and the abducted people were released.

Bayo is telling us no confrontation, no ransom! Just contact and release. pic.twitter.com/pXETBX4Z52

— Harry Da Diegot (@trigottista) November 25, 2025