Benue police free priest and seven other hostages
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Police in Nigeria’s Benue State rescued eight kidnapped people, including Catholic priest John Otache, and arrested two suspects. The victims were kidnapped on 13 October on a road near Ipiga village and were found on 16 and 18 October, according to police spokesperson Peter Aondongu.
Police in Benue State, Nigeria, have freed eight kidnapped people, including Catholic priest John Otache of the Otukpo Diocese. Two suspects were arrested during the operation, police spokesperson Peter Aondongu said on Monday.
The priest and the seven other hostages were kidnapped last Tuesday as they were returning from a village market. Their vehicle was travelling on the Ugbokolo–Ajegbe–Awume road, near the village of Ipiga, in Ohimini Local Government Area.
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