An Italian priest, Maurizio Pallu has been kidnapped by
gunmen in Edo state. The 63-year-old priest was snatched last Thursday
in broad daylight by armed men just outside of Benin City, Italian media
reports said.
"Pope Francis has been informed about the Italian priest Maurizio Pallu kidnapped in Nigeria and he is praying for him," chief Vatican spokesman Greg Burke wrote on Twitter on Friday evening.
Vatican Radio said Pallu, who had been stationed in Nigeria
for three years, was travelling with a group of four other people when
they were attacked and robbed by armed men who took Pallu but let the
others go.
Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, who confirmed the
incident to TV2000, an Italian Catholic TV channel, said that the
security forces are doing everything possible to find him.
"For the moment, we don't have any good news but we are confident and will continue to hope that Father Maurizio will be freed," he added.
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