Abductors of Fr Chinedu Nwadike, the Deputy Registrar of Spiritan University Nneochi, have reportedly demanded N50 million ransom.
Gatekeepers News reports that Nwadike, a Catholic priest, was kidnapped on Friday on Umunnochi-Ihube road by the Enugu-Okigwe road.
The priest was abducted alongside a seminarian, Emmanuel Nwafor.
Their abductors had established contact with their relations and placed N50m ransom on them, according to The Punch source.
The source told the medium that “Fr Chinedu Nwadike was kidnapped Friday, August 12, 2022, at Nneochi area, shortly after driving out of the gate of his university, Spiritan University Nneochi (SUN), on his way to Enugu.
“This is the second attempt to kidnap him in very recent time. In the first attempt, they shot directly at him but he managed to escape, but this time they succeeded and are said to be demanding a ransom of N50m. Curiously a military check point is located around the place.”