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Gunmen have abducted Mark Ojotu, a Catholic priest of Otukpo diocese in Benue state.Ojotu, the chaplain of St. Mary’s Hospital, Okpoga...

Terrorist attacks in Benue State, Nigeria, have forced residents to flee their villages and, in some cases, seek shelter in local Catholic churches and schools. Pictured here is St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Yelewata. / Photo courtesy of Father William ShomWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 14, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).Terrorist attacks in Benue State, Nigeria, have left nine dead since Oct. 8, prompting a Catholic bishop to appeal to the European Parliament for help in the face of what he says is inaction by the government.An attack in the town of Yelewata, 20 miles north of Makurdi on the road to...

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress Dumebi Kachikwu has decried the upsurge in the attacks of Catholic priests in the country, noting that 18 of them have either been abducted or killed since January 2022. Mr Kachikwu, in a statement in Lagos on Thursday, described the development as unacceptable and an

The Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, on Wednesday, decried an upsurge in the abduction and killing of Catholic Priests in the country.

The funeral of Father Vitus Borogo in the Archdiocese of Kaduna, June 30, 2022. / Photos courtesy of the Archdiocese of KadunaWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 14, 2022 / 13:27 pm (CNA).Father Peter Amodu was supposed to say the 5 p.m. Mass at Holy Ghost Parish in southern Nigeria on July 6.He never arrived.Gunmen kidnapped the Catholic priest as he walked to the church along the Otukpo/Ugbokolo highway in Benue State. He was released unharmed four days later, the chancellor of the Diocese of Oktupo confirmed.Amodu's abduction was no isolated crime. He is one of at least 18 Nigerian Catholic prie...