Rome Newsroom, Dec 16, 2020 / 07:00 am
A priest of the Congregation of Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy was kidnapped in Nigeria Tuesday while traveling to his father's funeral.
Fr. Valentine Ezeagu was driving in the southeastern Imo State of Nigeria Dec. 15 when four armed men came out from the bush and forced him to the back of his car and sped off, a statement from the priest's religious congregation said, citing an eyewitness from the road.
The priest was en route to his home village in Anambra state, where his father's funeral Mass is scheduled to be held on Dec. 17.
His religious congregation is calling for "fervent prayers for his immediate release."