{"id":34827,"date":"2020-01-21T12:08:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T12:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=34827"},"modified":"2020-01-21T13:00:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T13:00:40","slug":"nigeria-1-of-4-kidnapped-seminarians-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2020\/01\/21\/nigeria-1-of-4-kidnapped-seminarians-released\/","title":{"rendered":"NIGERIA: 1 of 4 kidnapped seminarians released"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the four seminarians kidnapped after an armed group attack on the Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna on the night of 8 January, has been released last weekend by the kidnappers because he was quite ill. The other three seminarians remain in captivity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The freed seminarian, who has not yet been identified, was found on the highway and picked up by passing motorists to a Catholic hospital in Kaduna, Nigeria where he is currently being treated. The extent of his injuries is unclear, but he is being treated in the hospital\u2019s intensive care unit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBefore his abduction, this seminarian was seriously ill and while in captivity, his situation became dramatic that kidnappers had to free him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The students, Pius Kanwai, 19; Peter Umenukor, 23; Stephen Amos, 23; and Michael Nnadi, 18, were abducted on the night of Jan. 8 in a 30-minute operation that saw the kidnappers, dressed in military uniform and armed with guns, force their way onto the Catholic seminary campus, which is home to 268 seminarians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, last week, Nigerian bishops launched a call for the release of the four seminarians aged between 18 and 23.\u00a0 Kidnappings of Christians in Nigeria have multiplied in recent months, a situation that has prompted Church leaders to express serious concern about the security of their members and to call on the government to prioritize the security of its citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the four seminarians kidnapped after an armed group attack on the Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna on the night of 8 January, has been released last weekend by the kidnappers because he was quite ill. 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