The kidnapped Kaduna Catholic priest, Very Rev. Fr. John Mark Chietnum, has been killed by his abductors.
Another priest, Rev. Fr. Donatus Cleopas, who was kidnapped with him, has, however, escaped from the kidnappers’ den.
They were abducted on July 15 at the Rector of Christ the King Parish in Yadin Garu in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna state.
A statement by the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Reverend Emmanuel Uchechukwu Okolo, said the decomposed corpse of Rev. Chietnum was discovered on Tuesday.
He was said to have been murdered the same day they were abducted.
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