Gunmen Invade Bishop Kukah’s Church In Sokoto, Kidnap Priests And others

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    Gunmen Invade Bishop Kukah’s Church In Sokoto, Kidnap Priests And others
    Gunmen Invade Bishop Kukah’s Church In Sokoto, Kidnap Priests And others

    Gunmen Invade Bishop Kukah’s Church In Sokoto, Kidnap Priests And others

    Gunmen Invade Bishop Kukah’s Church, Kidnap Priests And others

    Bishop Kukah’s Church In Sokoto Attacked By Terrorists

    Reports reaching us reveal that unknown Gunmen early this Wednesday stormed into one of the parishes presided over by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah.

    Punch correspondent gathered that the armed hoodlums kidnapped two priests and two others in the rectory of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Gidan Maikambo, in the Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State.

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    Kukah’s Sokoto Diocese covers Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi States.

    The Director, Social Communications of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Rev. Fr Christopher Omotosho, confirmed the development with our correspondent on Wednesday morning.

    He said the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto is under attack and no information has been gotten as to the whereabouts of the abductees.

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    Omotosho said, “As at midnight of today, 25th May 2022, gunmen broke into the rectory of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Gidan Maikambo, Kafur LGA of Katsina State.

    Gunmen Invade Bishop Kukah’s Church In Sokoto, Kidnap Priests And others

    “The parish priest and his assistant Rev. Frs. Stephen Ojapa, MSP, and Oliver Okpara and two boys in the house were kidnapped.

    “No information as to their whereabouts. Kindly pray for their safety and release.”

    When contacted, the spokesman for Katsina State Police Command, Gambo Isah, said, “Let me find out.”

    On May 14, rampaging hoodlums torched and vandalised some parishes presided over by Kukah in Sokoto following his condemnation of the gruesome murder of Deborah Yakubu by her Muslim colleagues.

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    Gunmen Invade Bishop Kukah’s Church In Sokoto

    The 200-level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto was accused of blasphemy against Prophet Muhammed.

    The rioters also burnt some parts of Kukah’s church buildings and set a bus ablaze on one of the premises.

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    The Sokoto religious-tainted riot has extended to some parts of Bauchi and Abuja in the last few days while security agents and some northern governors have warned against religious violence.

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