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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>An 11-year-old boy was on Sunday kidnapped by a syndicate, comprising an elderly man, and another middle-aged man who was described as a tricycle rider.<\/p>\n

One Ogazi Ejesieme, who disclosed the news of the kidnap, said the victim was his nephew, and was taken from Annunciation Catholic Church, Awka, where the boy had attended mass.<\/p>\n

Ejesieme said: \u201cMy 11 year old nephew was kidnapped today at Annunciation Catholic Chaplaincy, Awka where he went for Sunday mass.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to him, the suspects were an elderly man with his keke friend and they came pretending to be looking for the parish catechist. In a bid for him to help them look for the catechist, the only thing he could remember was seeing himself inside their keke and the rest was history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ejesieme, however, said that the good news was that the boy was miraculously abandoned at Amawbia, a neighbouring community to Awka.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news is that God was able to arrest his kidnappers and they abandoned him at \u2018Ugwu Tank\u2019 Amawbia and fled.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey got to the Catholic Church at Ugwu Tank Amawbia and dumped him there and left,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He admonished all to be careful, saying: \u201cThis is a very critical time and I urge every church, school, recreation centers, parents and guardians to be extra vigilant because of the men of the underworld prowling around the cities looking for the unsuspecting innocent people to devour.\u201d<\/p>\n

The state police public relations officer, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga could not be reached for reaction as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n

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