Gunmen on Sunday abducted, Rev James Kantoma, the Catholic priest in charge of St Anthony’s Parish, Angware community in Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The gunmen have since demanded a N50m ransom for his release.
The priest, according to Channels Television report, was abducted on Sunday night at his house within the community as the invading gunmen invaded the area, shooting sporadically and before taking him to an unknown destination.
Rev Father Polycarp Lubo, Plateau State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), who confirmed the abduction,
said that the abductors have made contacts and are demanding a ransom of N50 million.
Also on Sunday, an Anglican Bishop, Reverend Oluwaseun Aderogba of Jebba Diocese, Kwara State his wife, and his driver were also abducted by gunmen.
They were kidnapped along the new Oyo/Ogbomoso expressway in Oyo state.
According to a statement by the state police spokesman, Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the incident was reported by one Reverend Adekunle Adeluwa at Atiba divisional police headquarters.
Preliminary investigations, he said, revealed that the victims’ vehicle developed what seemed a mechanical fault while traveling from Yewa in Ogun State to Jebba in Kwara.
The spokesman explained that the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations of the Command has been directed to take over the operation that would lead to the rescue of the victims.
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