Gunmen Abduct Five Catholic Nuns

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The level of insecurity in the country is increasing on a daily basis as local reports from Delta state have revealed that five Catholic nuns have been abducted by unknown gunmen.

The abducted nuns are of the Order of the Missionary of Martha and Mary in Agbor, under the Issele-Uku Diocese in Delta state.

The nuns had been returning from a burial ceremony on the other side of the Niger when the gunmen struck around the Railway Line near Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State.

During the ensuing melee, the gunmen intercepted the vehicle in which the nuns had been travelling, shot two of the nuns and made away with five others.

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The injured nuns were shot in the leg as their fellow sisters were taken away.

One of the diocesan priests sent a text to Punch newspapers regarding the incident;

“Please, pray for the release of five MMM Sisters kidnapped at Agbor, and two other MMM Sisters in the same vehicle shot at the leg region. The Sisters were on their way from the east where they went for a funeral.”

The state Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Mustafa, also confirmed the incident saying the victims were in a private vehicle when the hoodlums struck, adding that the identity of the nuns were yet to be ascertained.

Mustafa said further the command has already mobilised its operatives who he said are now on the trail of the kidnappers to possibly rescue the victims unhurt.

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