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Less than a week after the abduction of the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) of Isuochi Police Division, DSP Dickson, the bandits have kidnapped a Catholic priest, identified as Reverend Father Chinedu Nwadike, along the Okigwe – Enugu expressway in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State.
Pointblanknews.com gathered that the priest who is also the Deputy Registrar of Spiritan University Nneochi, (SUN), was abducted alongside a seminarian on their way to Enugu for an official assignment.
The sources further stated that the kidnappers have contacted the school demanding N50bm ransom for his release.
“Reverend Father Nwadike was kidnapped a few minutes after he left the school on his way to Enugu for an official assignment with a seminarian. He was kidnapped along the Okigwe –Enugu expressway in Umunneochi LGA. Now his abductors are demanding N50m ransom. We are pleading with them to release him unhurt because we don’t know where we can get such a huge amount they are demanding. The state and federal government should do something drastic about the security situation in Umunneochi . Everybody is afraid of travelling. People are being kidnapped daily, especially on the expressway with the security agencies watching,” the sources said.
It was further gathered that the priest had escaped an earlier attempt to kidnap him on the same road, few days before the incident.