It is one of the biggest topic of discussion online and this is the story of a pastor caught by the police for kidnapping a Catholic priest in Imo State.
According to the Imo State Police Command one Pastor Izuchukwu Anoloba, 35, and others kidnapped a Catholic priest, Fr Fidelis Ekemgba.
Parading the suspects and others, the state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Hussaini, said that the suspects held the priest for over seven days and made him to pay a ransom of N5 million to them.
Hussaini further said the kidnap gang was ruthless, adding that the pastor was arrested in Lagos following intelligence gathering by men of the anti-kidnapping unit of the command.
He disclosed that the priest, 45, in charge of St. Peters Catholic Parish in Umunohu Amakaohia in the Ihitte/Uboma Local Government Area of the state, was double-crossed and whisked away by his abductors.
Speaking to journalists, Anoloba said he has brought shame to his church and family. He told journalists that he got N1.5m from the ransom the priest paid his gang.
He said, “I am a pastor with Apostolic Church of Christ in Lagos. I got N1.5 million from the kidnap of the priest. I never knew I would be arrested. I regret my actions because I am now a disgrace to the body of Christ and my family.”
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