Anxiety & Sorrow in Church as Unknown Gunmen Kidnap Catholic Priest in Imo

The Parish Priest of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Umuola, Amaigbo, Nwangele LGA of Imo State,  Rev. Fr. Francis Ugoo Egbebu, has been abducted by dare devil gunmen. Close sources from the Catholic Diocese of Orlu, where Rev. Fr. Egbebu is serving, indicated that the ever cheerful priest was last seen driving out of the Parish on Monday morning.

The exact location where the priest was abducted by the hoodlums is not yet clear, but stories making the rounds, indicated that the kidnappers had made an initial contact with close relations of the priest and demanded N5 million ransom.

Confirming the kidnap to newsmen, the Parish Council Chairman, Engr. Adolphus Ogbonna, said the parishioners are passing through serious anxiety and sorrow over the senseless abduction of their parish priest.

“We have heard the news of the kidnap of our parish priest. Some people say he was kidnapped around Owerri, while others claim he was kidnapped in our community", Ogbonna said.