ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Updating your news feed...
NEWS EXPRESS is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. Published by Africa’s international award-winning journalist, Mr. Isaac Umunna, NEWS EXPRESS is Nigeria’s first truly professional online daily newspaper. It is published from Lagos, Nigeria’s economic and media hub, and has a provision for occasional special print editions. Thanks to our vast network of sources and dedicated team of professional journalists and contributors spread across Nigeria and overseas, NEWS EXPRESS has become synonymous with newsbreaks and exclusive stories from around the world.
Free again: Rev Fr Arinze Madu
The Police Command in Enugu State on Wednesday confirmed the release of Rev. Fr. Arinze Madu, the Vice-Rector, Queen of Apostles Spiritual Year Seminary, Imezi-Owa in Ezeagu Local Government Area.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, gave confirmed the priest’s release in Enugu on Wednesday to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Madu was abducted on Monday at about 5:30 p.m. at the gate of the seminary by unknown persons.
Amaraizu said: “Yes, he has been released unhurt. However, we are still trailing his abductors.
“We are also working on something concerning tracking down the perpetrators of this dastardly act.’’
Also, the Catholic Diocese of Enugu on its official Facebook page confirmed the release of the priest, stating that: “Father Madu, the kidnapped priest of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu has been released.”
It added that Madu “was released this (Wednesday) afternoon from the kidnapper’s den’’. (NAN)
