Abducted Edo Catholic Priests Regain Freedom

Two Catholic monks, Rev. Fr. Udo Peter and Rev. Fr. Philemon Oboh, who had been abducted in Edo Assert enjoy regained their freedom.

The monks had been rescued unharmed by safety operatives hours after the Edo Assert Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, ordered safety chiefs to rescue them. 

It would be recalled that Rev. Fr. Peter of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Uromi and Rev. Fr. Oboh of St. Joseph Retreat Heart, Ugboha in  Esan South-East, had been abducted alongside the Benin-Auchi Parkway, between Ehor and Iruekpen on Saturday, July 2. 

Meanwhile, towards the backdrop of the upsurge in kidnapping in the state, Comrade Shuaibu, after a assortment of meetings with safety stakeholders, declared Authorities’s catch to the bottom of to rejig its safety architecture.  

Edo Deputy Governor with the rescued monks on Wednesday

Shaibu additionally assured Edo folks and residents that the authorities is now not going to aid down on its vast and aggressive battle declared on long-established criminals and enemies of the parents that enjoy introduced unrest into the Assert.