Herdsmen abduct four Reverend Fathers in Delta

Armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have kidnapped four Reverend Fathers in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State.

Name of one of the abducted Reverend Fathers is said to be Emmanuel Obadjere.

It was learnt that Obadjere and his colleagues, were kidnapped on Tuesday while descending the bridge in Abraka.

The were said to be traveling to Ekpoma for their school’s old students meeting, when the armed herdsmen forced two out of the four vehicles they were travelling in to a halt and whisked away the occupants.

“Father Obadjere was travelling with his clergy friends to Ekpoma for their school’s old students meeting. The incident happened at Abraka as they were coming down from the bridge.

“It was on Tuesday. They were in four vehicles. The kidnappers could not track the first two cars in front. The kidnappers looked like Fulani Herdsmen. They abandoned the vehicles the Priests were driving in. So it was the Priests in the other two vehicles that alerted other Priests in Warri Diocese of the development.

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“Two of the Priests are from Benin arch diocese, one from Abuja and the other from Warri Diocese,” eyewitness report claimed.

While police in the state are yet to ascertain the story, it was learnt that the Reverend Fathers are still in the custody of their abductors.

 

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