The Catholic Diocese of Zaria in Nigeria’s Kaduna state said on Wednesday that a priest named Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Ezema was kidnapped from his church Tuesday night.

According to the diocese, Ezema was taken from his residence at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Rumi, a village in Kaduna.

“We call on all men and women of Goodwill to pray for the safe and quick release of our priest and others from the hands of their abductors,” Chancellor of the Nigerian Catholic Diocese Fr. Isek Augustine said Wednesday.

“Through the intercession of our Lady, the Mother of all Priests, and our mother, may our brother, and others return to us safe and sound,” he prayed.

The diocese did not say whether a ransom was demanded or not and Nigerian officials have yet to identify the kidnappers.

Nige

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