On June 26, 2022, the nation was agog with news that an Edo Catholic priest, Rev.Fr. Just a day earlier, on June 25, 2022, gunmen suspected to be terrorists killed a Kaduna State-based Catholic priest, Rev.Fr. Just like the late priest, Odia, Amou was abducted on his way to celebrate mass. However, the ransom-hungry terrorists, recently have fallen in love with catholic priests. “At least 18 priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria since the beginning of 2022, five in the first week of July alone.
Source: Punch July 12, 2022 21:00 UTC