This comes less than two months after another Catholic priest from Kafanchan Catholic Diocese, Reverend Father Slyvester Okechukwu, was abducted and later killed.
Bandits have abducted a Catholic priest in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Revd Father Ibrahim Amos.
The priest was kidnapped on Thursday from his residence at Saint Gerald's Qausi Parish, Kurmin Risga community in Kauru Local Government Area.
The police authorities in Kaduna state are yet to confirm the incident, but the Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Reverend Father Jacob Shanet, confirmed the abduction of his colleague in a statement he issued on Thursday.
He described the kidnap of yet another priest in the diocese as a deeply saddening one.
Shanet, however, called for prayers for the safe return of the abducted priest, just as he urged the public to remain calm and avoid taking the law into their own hands.
He further said that every legitimate and available means will be deployed to ensure that the abducted priest returns unharmed and in good health.
The latest abduction comes less than two months after another Catholic priest from Kafanchan Catholic Diocese, Reverend Father Slyvester Okechukwu, was abducted and later killed by his abductors in Kaura local government area.
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