Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a Catholic priest along Onicha-Olona in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, Igbere TV reports.
Rev. Fr. Samuel Agwameseh is the parish priest of St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Issele-Mkpitime.
Reports say he was abducted on Saturday while returning from Onicha-Olona.
The priest, it was learnt, went to Onicha-Olona to produce Sunday’s bulletin for his parish.
Director of Social Communication, Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku in Delta State, Rev. Fr Charles Uganwa, confirmed the abduction on Monday, saying that the kidnappers have established contact with some parishioners with a demand of N20 million as ransom.
“The priest was returning to his base at Issele-Mkpitime when he was attacked by Fulani herdsmen and whisked away to an unknown location,” he said.
Delta police spokesperson, Onome Onovwakpoyeya, said efforts have begun to rescue the priest.
