ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A Catholic Priest and also, a student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka, Anambra State, Rev. Fr. Stanislaus Mbamara, has been kidnapped by gunmen.
He was abducted over the weekend while returning home from school when the gunmen ambushed and whisked him away to an unknown destination.
It was learnt that the victim who is also a clergyman is working with the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi.
Announcing the victim’s abduction in a press statement, the Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, Rev. Fr. Raphael Ezeogu identified the abducted priest as Rev. Fr. Stanislaus Mbamara.
Fr. Ezeogu further called for insistent prayers to ensure the safety and immediate release of the abducted priest.
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He said: “Our priest, Rev. Fr. Stanislaus Mbamara, a student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, was kidnapped Friday evening, on his way from Awka to Nnewi.
“Let’s storm heaven with humble and insistent prayers for his quick release in sound health of mind and body. May the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Help of Christians, pray with and for us.”
Efforts to receive the reaction of the Police Public Relations in Anambra State, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, proved abortive, as his phone number was not connecting.
Recall that another UNIZIK student, Sylvester Mercy Chinomso (Mesi Sylvia) of the of Parasitology and Entomology Department, was sometime ago abducted by unknown gunmen. She was abducted along with her sister.