Pastor Hills Slaughtered by Bandits While Attempting Escape, Survivor Reveals
Pastor Emmanuel Hills, a Ghanaian-Nigerian cleric based in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, was slaughtered by Fulani bandits after he tried to escape from captivity, Pastor Gabriel Joseph Dipak, who was abducted along with Hills on Friday, August 28, 2026, has narrated.
Hills, a former pastor of the Dunamis Church and founder of The Wonderful Grace of God Evangelical Ministry, and Dipak, a pastor of the Christ Apostolic Church, were abducted while traveling from Jos to Bokkos with other passengers.
On the Barkin Ladi-Bokkos Road, they ran into a roadblock mounted by Fulani militants.
They were singled out and taken captive, while the other passengers, including Hills’ wife, were robbed and allowed to leave, Dipak said.
“The Ghanaian-born pastor tried to escape from the bandits but they chased him,” said Dipak, who recounted to the harrowing experience leading to Hills’ murder.
When they caught him, he said, they stabbed him several times, then held him down and slaughtered him like a goat is slaughtered.
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The bandits told me that I was lucky I was not a Berom or Mwaghavul man, as they would have killed me immediately,” Dipak said in a video interview with conflict journalist, Masara Kim Usman.
“We were coming from Jos to Bokkos that Friday after a program.
“I didn’t know Pastor Emmanuel Hills before that time but when we got talking and introduced ourselves I realized that he was also a man of God who was based in Bokkos, Dipak said.
He continued:
“We were on our way to an intersection leading to Bokkos, around 9 pm when we met a roadblock. We saw flashlights on the lonely road, and I knew they were no soldiers.
The driver, trying to drive past the obstacles, was confronted by four heavily armed men who came out of the bush shouting, “Allahu Akbar.” We instantly recognized them as Fulani militiamen. They held up the driver, guns and machetes on us.
“When the vehicle came to a halt they ordered all the occupants onto the ground and started to rob us. When they realized that Pastor Hills and myself were men of God, they singled us out and told the other passengers to get back in the vehicle. Then they ordered the driver to go.
“They told us they were Fulani people and we had been kidnaped. We were marching toward the hills around us and Pastor Hills tried to run away but they caught him.
‘When he got caught they started stabbing him. Then they went on to slaughter him as you would slaughter a goat. He was dead in two minutes and they were even bragging and joking about how Hills fought before he died.
“We walked for hours and arrived at their camp in the hills and they bound my hands and told me they had been tracking my movement from Jos and they had orders to kill me,” he said.
“They asked me what tribe I was and when I told them, they told me I was lucky I was not Mwaghavul or Berom or they would have killed me without thinking twice.
I was released the next evening after they contacted my wife and family members who managed to arrange the ransom for my release,” Dipak said.
Ozokwor spoke to rich parents who leave their children with many properties without teaching them the value of hard work and the sacrifices that go into acquiring such wealth.
She gave the example of a parent who owns several houses in different cities, saying children may grow up without knowing how hard it was for their parents to buy the properties.
“When they don’t struggle, can you imagine that you have like 20 houses? You have it in Enugu, you have it in Aba, you have it in Lagos. Your children will just be struggling, “Which one belongs to me? They don’t know how hard you worked to get those things,” she said. Travel Guides & Travelogs
The actress told parents to make children work for what they want, making sure they don’t take comfort and privilege for granted.
Ozokwor also advised parents to allow their children pass through some of life’s challenges so that they would
