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At least two priests were kidnapped early this Wednesday by unidentified armed persons as part of an assault on a church in the Nigerian state of Katsina (north ), as confirmed by the Diocese of Sokoto.
The director of communication for the diocese, Christopher Omotosho, has indicated that the attack was carried out in the rectory of The San Patricio church has been added that two children have also been kidnapped, without for now having claimed responsibility for the event.
Omotosho has highlighted in a statement that the kidnapped are the reverends Stephen Ojapa and Oliver Okpara. “There is no information on his whereabouts. Pray for their safety and their release”, he said, as reported by the Nigerian newspaper ‘The Premium Times’.
Insecurity in Nigeria, previously centered in the northeast of the country, has spread in recent months to other areas of the north and northwest, setting off alarms about the possible expansion of these terrorist and criminal networks.