Nigeria: third priest kidnapped in March, with him 44 people

(ANSA) - VATICAN CITY, MARCH 29 - Fr Leo Raphael Ozigi is the third Catholic priest kidnapped in Nigeria in March.

Don Ozigi, pastor of St Mary's Church, in the village of SarkinPawa, in the local government area of ​​Munya, in the state of Niger (in the Middle Belt, the central area that separates the Muslim-majority north from the Christian-majority south), was together to 44 other villagers from bandits lasera on Sunday 27 March.

This was reported by the Vatican agency Fides.

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