Nigerian Priest Abducted on Corpus Christi Sunday Regains Freedom
The release of Father Yakubu is the latest in a series of kidnappings and murders involving members of the clergy, seminarians, and other Christians in Africa’s most populous nation.
The release of Father Yakubu is the latest in a series of kidnappings and murders involving members of the clergy, seminarians, and other Christians in Africa’s most populous nation.
The June 7 murder of Father Igechi is the latest in a series of attacks that have targeted members of the clergy in Africa’s most populous nation.
Bishop Matthew Kukah, who leads the Sokoto diocese in Nigeria’s northwestern corner, released a Christmas message in which he said the government seems to have left the fate of Nigerians in the hands of “evil men.”
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