A Nigerian priest was kidnapped from his house in northern Kaduna state, the native Roman Catholic diocese stated in a press release on Tuesday, within the first such reported abduction of a priest within the state since July.
Armed gangs are rife throughout northern Nigeria the place they rob or kidnap for ransom, and violence has been rising, the place thinly stretched safety forces usually fail to cease the assaults.
Father Christian Okewu Emmanuel, the chancellor for Kaduna Catholic diocese, stated Reverend Father Abraham Kunat, a parish priest in Idon Gida village, was kidnapped from a house he was staying in in one other city, after leaving his parish as a consequence of insecurity.
Kaduna police spokesman couldn’t be reached for remark.
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