NIGERIA: Anglican Archbishop Kidnapped

The armed kidnappers reportedly followed the archbishop from the St Matthew Cathedral to his residence, where they dragged him out of his car and took him to an unknown location. Edo Gov. Adams Oshiomhole decried the kidnapping, which he blamed on the federal government’s withdrawal of soldiers from a state joint security programme code-named, “Operation Thunderstorm” designed to help thwart militant violence and kidnappers. The identity of the kidnappers was not clear, but in recent years abducting top public figures for ransom has become common in the South-South and South- Eastern zones of the country, where militant groups have been campaigning against the poor level of development of the area.

Source: Compass Direct