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/
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