The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of another priest of the Catholic Church, Rev. Father Felix Zakari, the parish priest of St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Zango Tama parish, in Giwa Local Government Area of the state.
The state police spokesman, Mohammed Jalige, in a statement on Sunday, said the priest was abducted by bandits who invaded the Zango Tama community as well as eight other communities in the early hours of Saturday where around 50 people were killed while churches, residential buildings and vehicles were burnt by the bandits.
The Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Zaria, Patrict Adikwu Odeh, who also confirmed the abduction of Rev. Zakari in a statement, said he was among several others abducted by bandits during the attacks on the villages.
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