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A Catholic Priest, Reverend Father Mark Ojotu, Chaplain of St Mary's Hospital, Okpoga, in Okpokwu Local Government area of Benue State, has been kidnapped

Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Thursday attacked Catholic St Mary’s Hospital, Okpoga in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State and kidnapped its Chaplain, Reverend Father Mark Ojotu. Confirming the incident in a statement, the Diocesan Chancellor, Rev Fr Joseph Aboyi Itodo, said that the Bishop of Otukpo Catholic Diocese, Most Rev Fr Michael Apochi, called on Christian faithful across the country to pray for prompt and safe release of the abducted priest.

Daily Post Nigeria Published In the eyes of her citizens and foreigners alike, Nigeria is presently seen as one of the most insecure locations in the world. According to the Global Peace Index, the country currently ranks 148 out of 163 nations with serious defects in security matters. And the reasons are very simple and easy to establish, especially the perennial and the alarming dimension that kidnapping for ransom in Nigeria has taken. What started as child’s play around 2006 at the beginn...