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Fr. Elijah Juma Wada of Nigeria's Maiduguri Diocese who escaped from his abductors 8 July 2021/Credit: St. Paul Catholic Buma Parish / St. Paul Catholic Buma Parish

Nigerian Catholic Priest Who Escaped Nine-day Captivity “responding well to medication”

Jul 13, 2021

The member of the Clergy of Maiduguri Diocese who had been abducted June 30 and freed nine days later is “generally responding well to medication,” a Clergy of the Nigerian Diocese has told ACI Africa in an interview.

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