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CNA Staff, Jan 11, 2021 / 05:27 pm (CNA).- The kidnappings of Catholic priests and others in Nigeria must end, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja said this week.
He spoke during his visit to a church whose priest was abducted and released just weeks before Christmas. Kaigama had repeatedly appealed for prayers for the safe release of Father Matthew Dajo and for others also held captive.
“We thank God that despite his travails in the hands of his abductors, he remains generally well, apart from the psychological trauma he still suffers,” the archbishop told the church congregation in a Jan. 10 homily at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in the town of Yangogi in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory.
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Catholic Bishop Moses Chikwe, the auxilliary Bishop of Owerri archdiocese who was kidnapped five days along with his driver in Owerri, Imo State in his official car, has been released unharmed, according to the Archdiocese of Owerri.
The diocese announced in a social media post late on Jan. 1 that Bishop Moses Chikwe and his driver, Ndubuisi Robert, had been released by their abductors unhurt and without ransom.
The post was accompanied by a photo, with the words, “Welcome back our beloved Bishop, God heard [the] prayers of his people. More details to come. To GOD be the glory,” the announcement continued said.
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