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3rd priest in a week kidnapped in Nigeria

December 23, 2022

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CWN Editor's Note: For the third time in as many days, a Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria.

Father Mark Ojuto, a priest of the Otukpo diocese, is the latest victim. He was abducted on December 22, when his car was stopped on a road in the town of Benue.

Father Sylvester Okechukwu was kidnapped in Kaduna on December 20; Father Christopher Ogide was abducted in Abia on December 21.

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