Kaduna, Nigeria, Jan 31, 2020 / 11:13 am
Three of the seminarians kidnapped earlier this month in northwestern Nigeria have been released safely by their captors, an official at Good Shepherd Seminary announced Friday.
One of the seminarians who was abducted Jan. 8 remains at large.
Fr. Joel Usman, registrar of the seminary in Kaduna, made the announcement Jan. 31.
One of the three men who were released had been freed Jan. 18. He was dumped on the side of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria Express Way. He was taken to hospital after being found by passing motorists, and was being treated in an intensive care unit.