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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Suspected bandits have kidnapped the parish priest of St. Raymond Catholic Church Damba, Gusau, Zamfara State, Revd. Fr. Mikah Suleiman.<\/p>\n

The Acting Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Very. Revd. Fr. Nuhu Iliya, confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith sadness in our hearts, we write to inform the general public of the kidnap of one of our priests, Revd. Fr. Mikah Suleiman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis sad event occurred in the early hours of today, Saturday, 22nd June 2024 in the Father\u2019s rectory. Fr Mikah is the Parish Priest of St. Raymond Catholic Church Damba, Gusau, Zamfara State,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

The statement urged Christians and all men and women of goodwill to earnestly pray for the quick and safe release of the protest.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson of Zamfara State Police Command, Yazid Abubakar, said in a statement that Father Mikah was kidnapped around 3:00 am on Saturday at his residence in the Damba area of Gusau.<\/p>\n

He added that the Command had deployed a Police tactical squad to the trail of the kidnappers, in a bid to rescue the priest.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Suspected bandits have kidnapped the parish priest of St. Raymond Catholic Church Damba, Gusau, Zamfara State, Revd. Fr. Mikah Suleiman. The Acting Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Very. Revd. Fr. Nuhu Iliya, confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday. \u201cWith sadness in our hearts, we write to inform the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":122066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254,150],"class_list":["post-122068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nigeria","tag-zamfara"],"yoast_head":"\nBandits kidnap Catholic priest in Zamfara - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Suspected bandits have kidnapped the parish priest of St. Raymond Catholic Church Damba, Gusau, Zamfara State, Revd. 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