The Police Command in Anambra has confirmed the kidnap of two Catholic nuns allegedly kidnapped by gunmen along Ufuma Road, Orumba North Local Government Area of the state.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga in a statement issued in Onitsha said the incident happened on Tuesday evening when the nuns were returning from a vocational service meeting in Ogboji.
The police spokesperson added that the a Joint Security operation was already ongoing for the possible rescue of the two victims.
Meanwhile, a statement by the Secretary-General, Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Onitsha, Anambra State, Maria Ikeotuonye, on Wednesday, identified the victims as Vincentia Nwankwo and Grace Okoli.
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