Abuja, 28 October, 2024 / 5:57 pm (ACI Africa).
The Rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Auchi was taken away on Sunday, October 27, when gunmen attacked the institution that is located in Edo State of the country’s embattled central southern region.
A statement given by the Diocese’s Director of Communications, Fr. Peter Egielewa, indicates that Fr. Thomas Oyode was kidnapped at around 7 p.m. during Evening Prayers and Benediction at the Minor Seminary located in Ivhianokpodi, Etsako East LGA of Edo State.
Fr. Egielewa says that following the abduction, Fr. Oyode was “led into the bush.”
In the Monday, October 28 statement, the Diocesan Communications official clarifies that the Seminary’s Vice Rector and all the Seminarians were all safe following the attack.
He adds that the Seminarians, alongside all staff at the Minor Seminary had been temporarily relocated to a safe area as uncertainty lingered around the institution.
