Mohammed Shosanya
Gunmen suspected to be armed bandits has on Wednesday night invaded, St. Peters’ Catholic Church, Gyedna and abducted a Catholic Priest, Fr. Paul Sanogo (M.Afr) and a Seminarian, Mahinini Dominis from their residence.
Fr. Paul and Mahinini are pastoral workers serving at St. Luke’s Catholic Church Gyedna, Minna Catholic Diocese.
The Catholic Priest and the Seminarian were kidnapped at about 11pm Wednesday and efforts to contact them has proved abortive and the abductors are yet to contact the church for possible ransom.
Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu A. Abiodun confirmed the abduction.
Abiodun said, “On the 2/08/2023 at about 2330 hrs, suspected armed kidnappers stormed St. Peters Catholic Church at Gyedna village, Tafa Local Government Area and abducted one Rev. Fr. Paul Sanogo and a Seminarian, Mahinini Dominis”.
“Police tactical teams led by the DPO, Tafa Division were dispatched to the scene. However, the location of the church was discovered to be at the outskirt of the town, which is about an hour drive from mountainous Sabon-Wuse”.
He added that the location of the church is that of difficult terrains that share common boundary between Niger and surrounded with mountains and forest, close to Kagarko area of Kaduna state which made it easy for the kidnappers to operate.
