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Reverend Father Marcellinus Obioma Okide, who was kidnapped on Sunday evening, has finally regained his freedom. Fr Okide was released on Thursday night after spending days in the kidnappers’ den. SaharaReporters reported on Monday that Fr Okide, a Parish priest of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Amofia-Agu Affa in the Udi local government area of Enugu State and six other travellers were kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. He was kidnapped on Sunday evening around 5:30 pm while going to his parish along Eke-Affa-Egede Road.

The cleric is the parish priest at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Amofia-Agu Affa and was said to be on his way to the parish when he...

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have abducted a Catholic priest and six other motorists in Enugu State.

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a Catholic priest and six others in Enugu, southeast Nigeria. The priest identified as Reverend Father Marcellinus Okide, the parish priest of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Amofia Affa in the Udi local government area of the state was kidnapped around 5.30 p.m. on Sunday while he was returning to his parish. According to sources, Fr Okide was kidnapped by gunmen suspected to herdsmen along Eke-Affa-Egede Road.

A Catholic priest Reverend Father Marcellinus Okide has been abducted by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Enugu State. They were said to have also abducted six other motorists in separate loc