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Fr. Raymond Olusesan Aina. Credit: ACI Africa

Seminary Rector on Why Priests in Nigeria have become Soft Targets for Kidnappers

Jan 25, 2025

Catholic Priests in Nigeria have become “soft targets” for kidnappers, the Rector of the National Missionary Seminary of St. Paul has said, addressing misconceptions that ministers in the Catholic Church lead affluent lifestyles, making them attractive targets for ransom-seeking criminals.

Michael Nnadi, seminarian killed at the end of January after he had been abducted alongside three others on January 8, 2020. His alleged abductors and killers have been arrested. / Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna, Nigeria

Kidnappers, Killers of 18-year-old Nigerian Seminarian Apprehended

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Those who allegedly abducted and eventually killed the 18-year-old Nigerian Seminarian, Michael Nnadi are in the hands of police officers in Nigeria, a Church official has confirmed.

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