Posted by Chinenye on Tue 20th Oct, 2026 - tori.ng
A Catholic priest and seven other people are finally free after a frightening kidnapping incident in Benue State.
(Police Officers. Photo by BBC News)
Police in Benue State have freed eight people who were kidnapped, including Catholic priest Rev Fr John Otache of the Otukpo Diocese.
Two suspects have also been arrested.
The priest and seven others were taken last Tuesday while returning from a village market on the Ugbokolo Ajegbe Awume Road, near Ipiga village in Ohimini Local Government Area.
Police worked with the Police Mobile Force and the Benue State Civil Protection Guards to carry out the rescue.
Two victims were freed on October 16 and six more on October 18.
The two suspects are Echefu Emmanuel and Obonyilor Emmanuel.
They are helping police with the investigation.
Officers are still looking for other members of the gang who ran away.
The rescued victims are getting medical checks and treatment at the Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital in Otukpo.