Thursday, October 31, 2024 - The Edo State Police Command has
arrested two suspects in connection with the kidnapping of a Catholic priest,
Rev. Fr. Thomas Oyode.
Fr. Oyode, the Rector of Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary of the
Catholic Diocese of Auchi in Ivhianokpodi, Etsako East Local Government Area
was abducted by gunmen during their evening prayers and Benediction on
Sunday.
It was gathered that the priest asked the gunmen to take him in place of
two students of the monastery they had kidnapped.
The kidnappers contacted the diocese and demanded N200m ransom for his
release.
The State Commissioner of Police in Edo State, CP Umoru Ozigi, disclosed
this during a press briefing at the Police Headquarters on Wednesday in Benin
City.
Briefing journalists on the command’s achievements under his watch, CP
Ozigi, said that following the incident, the command promptly rejiggered the
security architecture in the area in synergy with the community through the
deployment of a Unit of Police Mobile Force.
“Two suspects have been arrested in this regard, while efforts are
ongoing to rescue the Revered Father and apprehend others,” the CP
stated.
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