Odukpo: A Catholic clergyman has been released from the African diocese of Nigeria’s Odukpo diocese by gunmen unknown. While attending the Minor Seminary in Odukpo Diocese of Benue State, Fr. The diocese has announced the release of David Ecuador, who was released from relatives’ hands. The news is of little consolation to the Christian community, who was worried about the abduction of another clergyman before the grief of the death of an 18-year-old seminary student named Michael Nadi.
Armed assailants abduct a clergyman as he returns to his seminary after offering the Holy Mass in Central Nigeria. Fr is the last victim of a recent kidnapping series in Nigeria. David. Another clergyman in the south-west region of Idaho was abducted last month. The Rev. Fr. The killing of Lavan Undemi is also in January.
The Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Kayagama, strongly condemned the attacks on Christians in a speech delivered on Sunday in the midst of the Holy Mass. Bishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze has also come out strongly against violence targeting Christians. On February 27, United States Religious Freedom Ambassador Sam Brownback stated that the situation in Nigeria is getting worse. Islamic extremist groups are spreading violence among Nigerian Christians.
