{
  "id": 5300583,
  "title": "Bandits slaughtered Pastor Hills for attempting to escape – Survivor narrates harrowing experience",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/bandits-slaughtered-pastor-hills-for-attempting-to-escape-survivor",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T09:34:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/03/bandits-slaughtered-pastor-hills-for-attempting-to-escape-survivor-narrates-harrowing-experience/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pastor Gabriel Joseph Dipak, a Christ Apostolic Church clergyman, and Pastor Emmanuel Hills, a Ghanaian-Nigerian cleric, were abducted by Fulani bandits in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State on August 28, 2026. The pair was traveling from Jos to Bokkos when they encountered a roadblock set up by the militants. Upon the driver's attempt to bypass the roadblock, the bandits emerged from the bush, shouting \"Allahu Akbar\" and brandishing guns and machetes. The vehicle was stopped, and the passengers were ordered to lie on the ground. The bandits singled out Pastor Hills and Pastor Dipak, ordering the rest of the passengers to retreat. Despite Pastor Hills' attempts to escape, the bandits pursued him and brutally murdered him within minutes, stabbing him repeatedly before slaughtering him like a goat. Former Dunamis Church pastor and the founder of The Wonderful Grace of God Evangelical Ministry, Pastor Hills, had been kidnapped along with Dipak, who survived the ordeal. In a video interview, Dipak recounted how the bandits informed him he was fortunate he wasn't a Berom or Mwaghavul man, as they would have killed him immediately. The bandits then released Dipak the following evening after his wife and family members managed to arrange a ransom.",
  "summary": "Pastor Gabriel Joseph Dipak, who was abducted by Fulani bandits on Friday, August 28, 2026, along with Pastor Emmanuel Hills, a Ghanaian-Nigerian cleric based in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, has narrated how the kidnappers slaughtered Hills after he attempted to escape. Dipak, a pastor with the Christ Apostolic Church, was abducted along with […] Bandits slaughtered Pastor Hills…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}