Lady Whistledown
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Watu wenye Silaha wamewaachilia huru "bila kujeruhiwa", Watawa 4 wa Kikatoliki waliotekwa nyara mapema wiki hii katika jimbo la Imo Kusini-Mashariki mwa Nigeria.
Msemaji wa Polisi katika eneo hakuweka wazi iwapo kuna malipo yalifanywa kwa Watekaji ili kuwaachia huru Watawa hao.
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Nigerian gunmen have released four Catholic nuns abducted early this week in southeast Nigeria's Imo state, police said Wednesday. Kidnappings by criminal gangs are frequent in Africa's most populous country, but in recent weeks members of Christian churches have increasingly been targeted.
Most hostages are released after a ransom payment, but some have been killed. "The four reverend sisters have been freed. They were released yesterday," Imo state police spokesman Michael Abattam told AFP. He said the hostages were released "unhurt", but would not disclose if ransom money was paid.
Police rarely confirm ransom payments to kidnappers in Nigeria. The abduction of the Catholic sisters on Sunday around Okigwe on their way to mass was the latest attack n the southeast where separatist tensions are on the rise. Also read:Nigerian bandits free 75 abducted students amid army crackdown
The region has seen a surge in violence blamed on the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group or its armed wing ESN. IPOB which seeks a separate state for ethnic Igbo people has repeatedly denied responsibility for violence in the region.
Source: Nation.Africa
Msemaji wa Polisi katika eneo hakuweka wazi iwapo kuna malipo yalifanywa kwa Watekaji ili kuwaachia huru Watawa hao.
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Nigerian gunmen have released four Catholic nuns abducted early this week in southeast Nigeria's Imo state, police said Wednesday. Kidnappings by criminal gangs are frequent in Africa's most populous country, but in recent weeks members of Christian churches have increasingly been targeted.
Most hostages are released after a ransom payment, but some have been killed. "The four reverend sisters have been freed. They were released yesterday," Imo state police spokesman Michael Abattam told AFP. He said the hostages were released "unhurt", but would not disclose if ransom money was paid.
Police rarely confirm ransom payments to kidnappers in Nigeria. The abduction of the Catholic sisters on Sunday around Okigwe on their way to mass was the latest attack n the southeast where separatist tensions are on the rise. Also read:Nigerian bandits free 75 abducted students amid army crackdown
The region has seen a surge in violence blamed on the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group or its armed wing ESN. IPOB which seeks a separate state for ethnic Igbo people has repeatedly denied responsibility for violence in the region.
Source: Nation.Africa
