One of two Catholic priests kidnapped Gunmen attacked the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna last Friday by gunmen. shot dead by kidnappers, second released After paying the ransom, as reported by the Church of Nigeria.
“We would like to announce that Reverend Fr. Donatus Cleophas has survived his kidnappers and joined us. However, it is with deep sadness and pain that we report the shocking murder of priest John Mark Cheitnum,” he said. Kafanchan Catholic diocese. clergyman released a ransom will be paid for himReverend John Joseph Hayab, head of the Nigerian Christian Association in Kaduna state, told the British BBC. Likewise, the Church announced that the “decaying” body of priest John Mark Cheitnum was found this Tuesday, describing the attack as “a gruesome murder”.
In this context, the Church of Nigeria stated that the cleric was shot dead on Friday, the day he was abducted. From a village in Kaduna, Yadin Garu, Christian clergy traveling there to attend a church function were abducted at gunpoint. Father Hayab, on the other hand, told the BBC that after the negotiations, a ransom was paid – though not the amount originally demanded – and where the body of the later kidnappers, Reverend Cheitnum, could be found.
“As we offer our prayers for the rest of our beloved brother and God’s comfort to his family, we humbly ask each and every one of us. avoiding taking the law into their own hands. The diocese has declared two days of mourning so that his soul may rest in peace, and may he rest in peace.”
Since May, gunmen have kidnapped a dozen Christian clergy, mostly Catholic, across Nigeria, and at least three have been killed by their kidnappers. Insecurity in Nigeria, formerly in the northeast of the country, has spread to other regions in the north and northwest in recent months, raising the alarm about the possible expansion of these terrorist and criminal networks.