Gunmen have reportedly invaded St. Joseph Catholic Church, Inoyi, in Affa, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, abducting a seminarian and at least one worshipper during a church service on Sunday morning.
The incident was disclosed in a Facebook post by popular social media influencer, Sen Chijinkem Ugwuanyi, who said the attackers stormed the church and kidnapped a seminarian who had come to celebrate Mass, a catechist and another worshipper.
According to him, the kidnappers later released the catechist but took the seminarian and the other victim into captivity.
Ugwuanyi added that local youths had launched a search operation in nearby bushes but were exercising caution due to the alleged superior firepower of the kidnappers.
“The whole village is thrown into frenzy as the search continues,” he wrote, while calling on the government to intensify efforts to tackle rising insecurity in the area.
In a separate Facebook post, another user shared a video purportedly from the scene, alleging that kidnappers attacked St. Joseph Catholic Church, Inoyi, Affa, and appealed to the Enugu State Government to intervene.
As of the time of filing this report, the Enugu State Police Command had not issued an official statement on the incident.
In another development, GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that police have arrested two kidnap suspects identified as Dauda Mohammed and Umar Ali in Anambra State, South-East Nigeria whom security intelligence link to multiple kidnapping cases.
Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, says a coordinated operation led to the arrest of Dauda Mohammed, aged 38, said to be a member of a notorious kidnapping syndicate in Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria.
Ikenga said investigation linked the suspect to a recent kidnap incident at Divine Heritage Lodge, Ukwulu, in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State, where a kidnap victim was held for four days and N15 million ransom made, as against an initial N30 million demanded before the victim regained freedom. READ MORE
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