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Planned Protests against Kidnapping, Killing in Nigeria’s Auchi Diocese “to honour our martyrs”: Convener

Mar 24, 2025

The planned protests against the kidnapping and killing of Catholic Priests, farmers, and other community members in Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Auchi are to honour all the fallen martyrs in Edo State, the convener of the three-day peaceful demonstrations set to begin on Tuesday, March 25 has told ACI Africa.

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