Gunmen Kidnap Catholic Reverend Father Along Enugu Road
As of Tuesday evening, SaharaReporters gathered that Fr. Ohaeri remains in captivity, and efforts are underway to locate him.
ACatholic priest, Reverend Father Gerald Ohaeri, has been kidnapped while travelling along the Ugwuogo Nike-Opi Nsukka expressway in Enugu State.
Fr. Ohaeri, who serves at Isienu Nsukka Parish, under Nsukka Catholic Diocese was returning from a function in Enugu on Saturday when he was reportedly kidnapped.
As of Tuesday evening, SaharaReporters gathered that Fr. Ohaeri remains in captivity, and efforts are underway to locate him.
While SaharaReporters’ efforts to speak with the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, were unsuccessful, as he didn’t take his calls, the incident has heightened concerns about the growing insecurity along the expressway.
SaharaReporters reports that the Enugu – Abakpa – Ugwuogo-Nke – OPI Nsukka road has been a nightmare for motorists and residents of the axis in the recent past despite so many police and military checkpoints doted along the road that is less than 10 kilometers.
The Enugu State government recently had stepped up a crackdown on criminal elements with the implementation of demolition of property used in keeping hostages in the state.
In the last few months several properties and houses have been demolished, an efforts aimed at containing the scourge. However, most of the kidnapped victims are taken to Benue and Kogi states.
