Catholic priest abducted from rectory in Nigeria, diocese says

ABUJA – A Nigerian Catholic priest was kidnapped from his rectory within the city of Obangede in central Kogi State throughout the weekend, the native Catholic diocese stated on Monday.

It stated parishioners went to search for Father Christopher Itopa Onotu after ready in useless for him to conduct Pentecost Sunday mass. They discovered the home windows and doorways of his room on the rectory had been damaged and his belongings scattered.

The kidnapping occurred earlier than a bloodbath at a Catholic church in neighbouring Ondo State on Sunday morning, and there was no suggestion of a hyperlink between the 2 incidents.

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