Crime
4 priests kidnapped by herdsmen
Four reverend fathers in Ethiope LG, Abraka, have been kidnapped by armed men suspected to be herdsmen.
One of those whisked away by the kidnappers is Reverend Father Emmanuel Obadjere.
The men were snatched Tuesday as they were descending the Abraka bridge in a convoy of four cars, two of which were halted by the kidnappers.
Father Obadjere was travelling with his clergy friends to Ekpoma for their school’s old students meeting.
The victims were piled into a getaway car the abductors brought.
Two of the Priests are from Benin arch diocese, one from Abuja and the other from Warri Diocese”
The kidnappers has yet to make any demand for ransom.
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