How Tinubu coordinated rescue of 38 Eruku church members

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s coordination of strategies presented by heads of security agencies led to the rescue of the 38 kidnapped worshippers of Christ Aposolic Church, Eruku in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, it was learnt yesterday.

 The worshippers regained freedom through the operations of men of the Department of State Service (DSS) at about 3.20 pm on Sunday.

Several AK-47-wielding men on Wednesday invaded the church in Eruku, Kwara State. They shot at the worshippers.

At the end of the bloody attack, two worshippers lay dead with several others injured. The gunmen thereafter fled into the bush with 38 other worshippers, triggering international outrage.

It was learnt from the security sources that the President took charge of coordinating the operations. He took round-the-clock briefings, weighing the options, and resolving to go to the extreme lengths to prove wrong all those accusing his administration of not protecting Christians and non-Christians enough.

The sources disclosed that the president’s personal involvement triggered an unprecedented intelligence mapping and aerial surveillance by Office of the NSA, resulting in DSS operatives swooping on established coordinates in the forests of Oreke Okeigbo, in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.

It was gathered that the President approved the Sunday raid by the DSS and the Nigeria Air Force.

The sources said the operation was highly classified, so were not certain if the kidnappers fled on sighting the security operatives, or were eliminated.

The sources drew attention to the fact that some gunmen in June attacked a marble mining company in the same area, killing two policemen, and kidnapped some Chinese workers.