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    Gunmen abduct catechist in Ikulu-Pari, Kaduna

    Opalim LiftedBy Opalim LiftedJanuary 20, 2023No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Gunmen on Thursday abducted Mr Kefas Ishaya, the Catechist of St. Monica Catholic Church, Ikulu-Pari, in Chawai Chiefdom of Kauru Local Government, Kaduna State.

    The media reports that the gunmen picked the Catechist when they could not get his boss, Rev Fr Joseph Shekari, who was not in when his residence was attacked.

    Fr Shekari, who was abducted in similar circumstances in February 2022, had travelled out of the village and was not available for a second ordeal in captivity.

    The Parish had held its annual Thanksgiving Service on Sunday and its members suspect the abductors were targeting the proceeds having succeeded in carting away what was generated in February 2022.

    Mr Sunday Bage, Chairman of Ikulu Zone of the Parish, told reporters that the abductors came “around 9.30 p.m.”

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    “Thank God Father (Reverend) travelled. They didn’t get him, but they picked our Catechist.

    “They dragged the Catechist to the bush. They took him with his phone. We have been calling the line but it keeps ringing out,” he told reporters on phone.

    He said that the gunmen were many and kept shooting sporadically, moving through the Church, the school and the Priest’s residence in search of the Rev Father.

    Neighbours told reporters that the gunmen broke into the residence of the Priest after scaling through the fence.

    They were said to have broken the main door to the house using stones and bullets.

    “Immediately they broke into the house, they searched and ransacked everywhere.

    “They checked under the beds, wardrobes, bathrooms and kitchen.

    “They even checked the ceiling, but Father had travelled. So, they did not get him.

    “In anger, they took our Catechist. As we speak, he is with them in the bush.

    “It is a very sad situation. This is devastating. They dragged Catechist on the ground like a dog,” a visibly fear-stricken woman told reporters.

    She recalled that it was not long ago that Fr Shekari was abducted and rescued after “a huge ransom” was paid.

    “They came again to take him. Luckily, he wasn’t in. This is really a dark period for us,” he said.

    Media reporters recall that Rev. Fr. Shekari was kidnapped by gunmen in February 2022.

    During the February attack, his cook, Sati Musa, was shot dead by the gunmen while trying to protect his master.

    A Church elder, Mr Yohanna Madaki, while speaking on the February incident, had noted that the abductors apparently targeted the more than N2 million realised from the annual thanksgiving service the same day.

    The money was taken along with the Priest, while the murdered cook was a student of the Government Secondary School, Kizakoro.

    This year, the Parish held its Annual Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, Jan. 16, and the abductors struck on Thursday,

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