{"id":101447,"date":"2022-11-17T23:26:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T22:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101447"},"modified":"2022-11-17T23:26:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T22:26:04","slug":"anambra-vigilantes-rescue-abducted-anambra-catholic-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-vigilantes-rescue-abducted-anambra-catholic-priest\/","title":{"rendered":"Anambra Vigilantes Rescue Abducted Anambra Catholic Priest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1749776316547957109\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Anambra state-based Catholic priest, Rev. Father Cyril Okafor, has been rescued by the Umueri community vigilante team, 24 hours after his abduction.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The priest was said to have been kidnapped on Tuesday afternoon around the Holy Ghost Adoration Centre, Igboukwu in Aguata Local Government Area of the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A security update issued on Wednesday by the President-General of Umueri Community and African Director of the International Association of Peace Advocates, Chief Johnny Chukwudi Metchie, said the cleric was abducted at about 3 pm on Tuesday but rescued around 4:30 am on Wednesday by the vigilante team who intercepted the kidnappers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said, \u201cToday, at about 4:30 in the morning, the agile men of the Umueri vigilante group led by the CSO, Friday (Omo Fri), intercepted some kidnappers in Umueri and rescued a Reverend Father identified as Rev. Father Cyril Okafor.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe Rev. Father was kidnapped yesterday (Tuesday), November 15, 2022, around Holy Ghost Adoration Centre Igboukwu. According to the Rev. Father, who is now with the police at Otuocha Police Station, he was taken to Enugu and then to Nteje where they hoped to keep him in a hotel room, but the hotel was fully booked.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThen, they brought him to Otuocha, Umueri, and kept him gaged in an abandoned building, waiting for his family to pay ransom before the Umueri vigilante CSO and his team intercepted one of the kidnappers who claimed he was a visitor on his way to pray in the river that early morning.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cHe was forced to lead the vigilante to where he is staying in Umueri, and that\u2019s how he led them to the building where they kept the Rev. Father. Unfortunately, while the vigilante searched the building and questioned him, he ran away with the other three members of his gang.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThat\u2019s when it dawned on the vigilante that they were criminals, and as they intensified the search on the building, the Rev. Father was found where he was tied up. The vigilante also recovered a Highlander SUV used by the kidnappers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI am thankful to God for using men of Umueri vigilante to save the life of His servant. I am so proud of the job being done by the Umueri vigilante group.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cCriminals should stay away from Umueri and the entire Omambala region because the joint task force in place will always fish them out for the law to handle.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWhile investigation is going on, I beg everyone to be alert and report any suspicious person to the vigilante group. Get to know your neighbor, and be worried when you see an unknown face in any abandoned or uncompleted building.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cMay God keep protecting our vigilante men and Umueri Oke-ebo Kingdom from evil people.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anambra state-based Catholic priest, Rev. Father Cyril Okafor, has been rescued by the Umueri community vigilante team, 24 hours after his abduction. 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