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Abducted Methodist Prelate Samuel Kanu Regains Freedom

  • Kanu was Kidnapped along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State

  • It remains unknown if any ransom was paid before the cleric was freed

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu Uche, has been released.

According to reports, a reliable source says that the Prelate, who was kidnapped on Sunday, has been freed by his abductors.

The source, however, did not state if any ransom was paid before the cleric was freed.

Kanu was Kidnapped along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State.

“To God be the Glory. His Eminence, Dr. Samuel Chukwuemeka Kanu Uche; his Chaplain, Very Rev. Abidemi Jeremiah Shittu and the Bishop of Owerri, Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark, have regained their freedom few minutes ago. Thank you all for your prayers,” the PUNCH quoted a source as saying in a terse message.

FURTHER READING

The Christian Association of Nigeria and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria had condemned the kidnapping of the clerics.

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