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By Nkasi Kolie
Gunmen on Wednesday abducted a Catholic priest in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. The priest has been identified as Rev. Fr. Godfrey Mark Chimezie of St Theresa Catholic Church, Umuahia.
The priest, who hails from Enugu State and was ordained earlier this year, was reportedly abducted along Enyiukwu Road, Ohokobe Afaraukwu in Umuahia North Local Government Area of the state.
A witness account had it that the hoodlums had intercepted the Catholic clergy soon after he had finished conducting a morning mass at St Gabriel Catholic Church, Okpururie, Afaraukwu.
The kidnappers were said to have forced the priest out of his Toyota Corolla car, into their Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) and sped off.
When contacted, the Abia State Police Command’s spokesman SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, said there was no report of such incident with the police yet.
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