- Nigerian police rescued dozens of people, many of them children, from a church.
- They had been told to wait for what they believed would be a divine happening.
- Police raided the church in Ondo State after receiving information that children were being held against their will.
Nigerian police rescued dozens of people, many of them children, from a church where they had been told to wait for what they believed would be a divine happening, according to a police statement.
On Friday, police raided the Whole Bible Believers Church in southwestern Ondo State after receiving information that children were being held against their will.
Seventy-seven people including 26 children were rescued and two church pastors were arrested, Ondo State police spokeswoman Funmilayo Odunlami said.
Police said they had been kept in the church after being told they must wait for Rapture, a belief among some Christians that they will ascend to heaven at the end of the world.
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