Pictured above is Rev. Father Emmanuel Akingbade, the parish priest in
charge of St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Ido Ekiti, headquarters of
Ido/Osi local government area of Ekiti State was abducted by a three-man
gang from his residence at about 8.00pm on Tuesday.
The kidnappers were said to be demanding for a N20
million ransom.The abduction of the cleric threw the community into
confusion as youths poured into the streets to protest the incident.
They blocked the highway that passes through the town with used tyres,
logs of wood and other objects, demanding for the immediate release of
the priest.
The irate protesters wondered why the town is being targeted by
kidnappers as several people have been kidnapped in the community and
its environs in recent time.
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