Reverend Achi was kidnapped along with his wife and daughter, on October 28, 2025 from their residence at Nissi Village, near Kaduna Refinery.

The bandits requested a ransom of N600 million from their family to secure their release.

But in a post on its Facebook page, the Diocese of Kaduna, Anglican Communion, announced that Reverend Achi has died.

The post reads: “The Venerable Edwin, who was kidnapped alongside his wife on 28th October, 2025, has been confirmed dead.

“His transition is a painful loss to the entire Diocese, the clergy, the Church family, and all who were blessed by his faithful ministry, humble spirit, and unwavering devotion to the service of God.

“We continue to pray for the release of his wife and daughter who are still in the hands of kidnappers.”

The church expressed sadness over the death of Reverend Achi and prayed for the release of his wife and daughter still being held by the kidnappers.

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Rt. Rev. Godwin Robinson, Bishop Lafia Diocese, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), made the declaration on Saturday, while delivering the Bishop’s Charge at the ongoing 3rd Session of the 8th Synod of the Diocese.

The Synod is being hosted by Mt. Zion Anglican Church Mararaba in Nasarawa State.

Robinson, who enlightened the congregation on the global matter, briefed the church on the outcome of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), held at Kigali in Rwanda from April 17 to 21.

According to him, the church of Nigeria which was part of the convention took its stand against that of Church of England and the Episcopal Church in the United States who support same sex marriage.

While Nigeria’s bloc, the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches made up of mainly churches from Africa and Asia oppose same sex marriage, other led by England and U.S.A. support it.

“We do not regard the word of God as a relative truth. We stand on Resolution 1:10 of Lambeth 1998 which affirmed marriage as a lifelong union between a man and a woman stating clearly that same-sex marriage is wrong.

“Homosexual practices are incompatible with scripture,” the cleric said.

He said he and other delegates from Nigeria were at the Kigali Convention which drew over 1,302 delegates from the 52 countries of the world who spoke in one voice against such evil practices in the world.

“GAFCON promised to prioritise youth and children ministry and use discipleship to equip them for a lifetime of ministry, committed to demonstrate compassion of Christ through the many GAFCON Mercy Ministries, among others.”

Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Rev. Canon Okwuchukwu, said the gathering was significant, not only for the church but to also discuss issues affecting the society and the entire nation.

Okwuchukwu, who is also the Vicar of the Mt. Zion Anglican Church, Mararaba, said from the time of old, church of God was not distant from the society.

According to him, if it is well with the society, it will also be well with church.

“As the matter of fact, we all have seen what is happening in the country, and way back even in the Bible times, the church has been playing a vital role in the moulding of nations.

“For us as a nation, we have actually gone too far away from where we should be to the point that even the little children can boldly tell you that the country has a problem.

“There is therefore, the need to seek God’s intervention in the pains Nigeria is going through,” he said.

Also speaking, Mr Isaiah Aronokhale, the Synod Local Organising Committee chairman, said the significance of the meeting was for heads of the church to come together to address challenges facing the church.

He said it also offered the church the opportunity to make its contributions towards moving the nation forward.

“This type of a gathering is important because whatever affects the society also affects the church and the church should not be left out in the nation building, ” he said.

The theme of the convention is, ‘Arise and Shine’, taken from the book of Isaiah Chapter 60:1.

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He gave the commitment during his inauguratIon  as Oyo State President, The Boys’ Brigade, held at the Cathedral of St. James The Great, Oke Bola, Ibadan.

He said the essence of the association was for members to use their time and resources to serve humanity,  stating that he could afford to do otherwise more so when he had served as patron of the association in the state for many years.

He added that he accepted the position to further make himself to continue to serve humanity, urging the well to do in the society to think more of serving the people rather than their families alone.

While lauding the leadership of the association for finding him worthy to be the Oyo State President, Majekodunmi who was accompanied by his wife, Dr. Deke Majekodunmi, said with over 120 batallions in the state, he was more than prepared to take the association to greater heights and make it the best in the country.

He however called for the support of every member as he said he could not do it alone.

He said with Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State as the Grand Patron of the association in the state, he was sure that the association was in safe hands.

The national president of the association, Sir. Sunday Nnamdi Nwosu, while speaking at the ceremony, called on the Anglican Church to continue to support the association, stating that it was the church that owned it and could not afford to abandon it.

He added that there should be training and re-training for members so as to keep them up to-date on their duties and responsibilities.

He noted that there was pride in being a member of The Boys’ Brigade.

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