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In Nigeria, gunmen kidnap priest, demand ransom
June 20, 2022
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CWN Editor's Note: Gunmen broke into the home of Father James Kantoma, abducted him, and demanded a ransom of 50-million Nigerian dollars (120,000 US dollars).
Father Kantoma is a priest of the Archdiocese of Jos, a city of 900,000 that is the capital of Nigeria’s Plateau State (map).
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