11-Year-Old Boy Abducted From Catholic Church in Anambra

An 11-year-old boy was on Sunday from a the Annunciation Catholic Church, Awka, Anambra State, during mass.

The victim was abducted by a syndicate, comprising of an elderly man, and another accomplice, who was identified as a tricycle rider.

According to a nephew to the victim, Ogazi Ejesieme, the boy was abducted right inside the church where he had attended mass.

The two men had pretended to be in search of the parish catechist and abducted the boy who attempted to help them find the former.

However, the victim was miraculously abandoned at Amawbia, a neighbouring community to Awka.

Ejesieme said: “My 11 year old nephew was kidnapped today at Annunciation Catholic Chaplaincy, Awka where he went for Sunday mass.

“According to him, the suspects were an elderly man with his keke friend and they came pretending to be looking for the parish catechist. In a bid for him to help them look for the catechist, the only thing he could remember was seeing himself inside their keke and the rest was history.”

Ejesieme, however, said that the good news was that the boy was miraculously abandoned at Amawbia, a neighbouring community to Awka.

“The good news is that God was able to arrest his kidnappers and they abandoned him at ‘Ugwu Tank’ Amawbia and fled.

“They got to the Catholic Church at Ugwu Tank Amawbia and dumped him there and left,” he said.