According to the senior pastor of Remnant Christian Network
in Makurdi, the state capital, ransom was paid to the kidnappers but Ojinimi
died due to “serious strain on his health”.
Arome, in a grief-stricken Facebook post, uploaded the photo
of Ojinimi and wrote, “My older brother, Ojinimi Osayi just passed (on) under
very heartbreaking circumstances brought on by the massive insecurity that’s
got Nigeria on a chokehold. He was kidnapped, ransom was paid yet did not make
it because of serious strain on his health.
“We did our best. Now we must defer to the unquestionable
will of God. The grief is much but the joy of the Lord is our strength. We
judge God faithful in the midst of it all.
“Rest on in the bosom of the Lord, big brother, ‘Ojay’, as
we fondly called you. Peace!
“Though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
we shall fear no evil.”