Abductors demand N2.5m to free Catholic priest

Kidnappers of the Rector of the Father Tansi Major Seminary at Onitsha in Anambra, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Dim, have demanded N2.5 million ransom for his release. 

The Director of Communications of the Nnewi Catholic Diocese, Rev. Fr. Hygi Aghaulor, told journalists in Nnewi yesterday that Dim was kidnapped by suspected herdsmen on Monday. He said the priest was kidnapped about 7p.m. on Nkpologwu-Nimbo Road in Enugu State. Nimbo community in the Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State was the scene of a dastardly attack by herdsmen that claimed scores of lives earlier this year.
Other bloody attacks by herdsmen have taken place in communities in Enugu State since the Nimbo attack. Aghaulor, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that the Catholic Bishops Conference had directed that no ransom should be paid to the abductors for the release of the priest.
He appealed to the Federal Government and security agencies to help free Dim. The spokesman said that two other priests, Rev. Jude Chukwuneke and Rev. Jude Ezeokana, who were in the same vehicle with Dim, managed to escape with various degrees of gunshot wounds.https://newtelegraphonline.com/abductors-demand-n2-5m-free-catholic-priest/