Kaduna, 01 March, 2021 / 1:55 pm (ACI Africa).
A Priest in Nigeria’s Kaduna Archdiocese has asked for prayers after the attack that saw bandits torch a Catholic church, kill three people, and kidnap another three over the weekend.
In a Monday, March 1 interview with ACI Africa, the Priest-In-Charge of St. Michael’s Pastoral Area of the Archdiocese of Kaduna in Nigeria’s Northwestern Kaduna State says that last Saturday, St. Augustine Kutura in Kajuru Local Government area was torched.
Recalling the unfortunate events that took place at about 10 p.m. February 27, Fr. Bivang Thaddeus said, “Keep us in your prayers. One of my outstations, St. Augustine Kutura in Kajuru Local Government Area, was attacked.”
"I lost a few people including my Church leader," Fr. Bivang told ACI Africa, adding that a member of the laity and another member of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) also lost their lives during the February 27 attack.
Three other people were kidnapped in the incident that has seen the people of God in Kutura abandon their homes for safety, the Nigerian-born Cleric said.