Gunmen have kidnapped an Anambra State-based priest of the Catholic Church, Reverend Father Christian Ike.
Ike was said to have been taken away by the gunmen on Sunday, along Amagu junction, Ndiokpaleke in Ajali community in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The reason for the incident has yet to be ascertained, but eyewitnesses in the area said the priest was returning alongside two other persons from an early morning Mass at St. Michael Catholic Church, when the vehicle he was moving in, was double-crossed by the assailants.
The latest abduction will be the second incident in two months as it would be recalled that another priest, Reverend Father Basil Gbuzuo, was kidnapped near Onitsha, on May 15, by unknown gunmen.
Gbuzuo was later released some weeks later after some undisclosed amount of ransom was paid to his captors.
Confirming the incident, the Anambra State police spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the command has heard about the incident and has deployed its intelligence and operational assets for his possible rescue unhurt.
He added that further development shall be communicated as it unfolds.
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