SAN FRANCISCO, September 03, (THEWILL) – Rev Father Christopher Ogaga, the parish priest of Emmanuel Catholic Church, Oviri-Okpe in Okpe council area of Delta state, has been kidnapped.
Ogaga, who is the priest of two other parishes of the church; St Luke’s Catholic Church, Oviri Okpe and St Jude’s Catholic Church Aghalopke, is also the principal of St. Peters Clavers College, Aghalokpe.
The news of the kidnap of the priest broke barely a day after the tragedy of the collapse of another Catholic parish within same Okpe council area, which claimed one life and left about 15 persons injured.
THEWILL gathered that the kidnappers have made a demand of N15 million ransom for his release.
According to a source from one of his parishes, he was kidnapped on Saturday night while traveling to Warri where he was to help the parish priest of Mother of Redeemer Catholic Church, Airport junction, Effurun for the three masses on Sunday morning.
The source said Ogaga was driving alone along the Arava-Oviri-Orere-Okpe Road, the normal route to Warri, when he was kidnapped, although no one could identify the exact part of the road where he was taken from.
Confirming the development, the Delta state Commissioner of Police, Mr Muhammad Mustafa, said his command had begun a search for the kidnapped priest.
