Crime
Gunmen abduct two catholic priests in Delta
Two Catholic priests, Rev. Fr. Kunav Chochos and his colleague, Rev. Fr. Raphael Ogigbah, have been abd¥cted by g¥nmen in Agbara-Otor, Ughelli North LGA of Delta State.
They were reportedly abducted at the front of Michael and Cecilia Ibru University on Saturday night, April 29, while going to Ughelli.
Confirming the abduction of the priests, the Delegate Superior of the Schoenstartt Fathers, Very Rev. Fr. Okereke Kingsley Kizito, in a memo issued on Sunday, said: “Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, it is with great pain and concern that we come to you with this sad notice. Our brother, Fr. Chochos Kunav, Schoenstartt Fathers, lives and works in Ibadan.
However, he traveled to Warri yesterday to visit his friend, Fr. Raphael Ogigbah of the Catholic Diocese of Warri and the Parish priest of St. Francis Catholic Church Agbarha-Otor, Ughelli North, Delta State.
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