The Rector of Fr. Tansi Major Seminary in Onitsha, Anambra Fr Emmanuel Dim has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The kidnappe...
The Rector of Fr. Tansi Major Seminary in Onitsha, Anambra Fr Emmanuel Dim has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.
Rev. Fr. Hygi Aghaulor, The Director of Communications at the Nnewi Catholic Diocese said that the kidnappers were Fulani herds men ...also that the incident took place around 7 p.m. on the Nkpologwu-Nimbo road .
He urged the begged to the Federal Government and security agencies to help .
However the Catholic Bishops’ Conference said that no ransom will be paid.
Involving in the two incidents were another priest Rev. Fr. Jude Chukwuneke and Rev. Fr. Jude Ezeokana, both escaped sustaining degrees of gunshot wounds.
Fr Aghaulor said that the priests were coming back from Nsukka to Onitsha . After a condolence visit to Rev. Fr. Uchenna Ezeh of Nsukka Diocese who lost his mother.
One of the priest Fr Chukwuneke is currently receiving treatment at the institution’s teaching hospital in Nnewi.
He said,
“We call on people of goodwill to continue to pray for the immediate release of the Vincentian priest.
“We are tempted to wonder if Nigeria is on the verge of collapse. All over the country, women are being raped and intimidated, innocent Nigerians are being slaughtered.”
