GUNMEN ABDUCT CATHOLIC PRIEST.
Gunmen have kidnapped an Anambra State-based priest of
the Catholic Church, Reverend Father Christian Ike.
Ike was said to have been taken away by the assailants on
Sunday, along Amagu junction, Ndiokpaleke in Ajali community in Orumba North
Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The reason for the incident has yet to be ascertained,
but eyewitnesses in the area said the priest was returning alongside two other
persons from an early morning Mass at St. Michael Catholic Church, when the
vehicle he was moving in, was double-crossed by the assailants.
The source said, “The priest and two other persons were
returning from St. Micheal Catholic Church, where they attended morning
service.
ATN learnt that the latest abduction will be the second
incident in two months as it would be recalled that another priest, Reverend
Father Basil Gbuzuo, was kidnapped near Onitsha, on May 15, by unknown gunmen. Gbuzuo
was later released some weeks later after some undisclosed amount of ransom was
paid to his captors.
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