{"id":733693,"date":"2019-10-29T19:52:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T19:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/29\/gunmen-kidnap-catholic-priest-in-enugu\/"},"modified":"2019-10-29T19:52:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T19:52:12","slug":"gunmen-kidnap-catholic-priest-in-enugu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/29\/gunmen-kidnap-catholic-priest-in-enugu\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Kidnap Catholic Priest In Enugu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_715966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-715966\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-715966\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5da6b1862dea5.jpg\" alt=\"Gunmen\" width=\"696\" height=\"375\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-715966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gunmen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a Catholic priest in Enugu state, barely two months after two priests were killed in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Arinze Madu, a vice-rector at the Queen of Apostle Spiritual Year Seminary, Imezi-Owa in Ezeagu local government area of the state, the priest was reportedly abducted at the gate of the school on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Achi, Enugu Catholic Diocese\u2019s director of communication, while speaking with TheCable said; \u201cYes, father Madu has been kidnapped. He was kidnapped at the seminary where he works; Queen of Apostle, Imezi-Owa, where he is serving,\u201d Achi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome unknown armed men accosted him while he was driving out of the seminary and they whisked him away yesterday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe security operatives are already on it and the PPRO of the state spoke about it this morning that they have received the information and they are working hard to effect his release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we hope for the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Teacher, Schoolgirls Kidnapped In Kaduna Regain Freedom After 23 Days In Captivity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He added that the diocese has not been contacted by the kidnappers for a ransom.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ebere Amaraizu, Enugu police public relations officer, has said the command is on the trial of the abductors to rescue the priest.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Gunmen Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a Catholic priest in Enugu state, barely two months after two priests were killed in the state. Arinze Madu, a vice-rector at the Queen of Apostle Spiritual Year Seminary, Imezi-Owa in Ezeagu local government area of the state, the priest was reportedly abducted at the gate of the school [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":724670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-733693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen Kidnap Catholic Priest In Enugu - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/29\/gunmen-kidnap-catholic-priest-in-enugu\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Gunmen Kidnap Catholic Priest In Enugu - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\u00a0 Gunmen Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a Catholic priest in Enugu state, barely two months after two priests were killed in the state. 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