Priest, seminarian kidnapped in Nigeria
March 05, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: A priest and seminarian were kidnapped from a parish in Nigeria’s Edo State (map) on the night of March 2.
“During the attack, one of the kidnappers was killed by the security guards of the Catholic church after a firefight with the perpetrators,” the Fides news agency reported. “Despite the intervention of the security guards, the priest [Father Philip Ekeli] and the seminarian [Peter Andrew] were captured and taken to the bush.”
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