Fiery Catholic priest, Rev Fr Emmanuel Obimma, popularly known as Fada Ebube Muonso, has revealed that six of the kidnappers who abducted his colleague in December have been apprehended.
The priest, while speaking to his congregation, said he was happy that the kidnappers who had mocked him had finally been arrested
Rev Fr Nonso, a Catholic priest studying in the US, who was on vacation in Anambra, was kidnapped in December after he had procured fuel for his vehicle at a filling station.
Obimma, who made several efforts to get him rescued, had cried out that it took the intervention of a governor from outside Anambra for the kidnappers to be tracked and the location of the kidnapped priest reveale
He had lamented the porous nature of security in Anambra, stating that even after using equipment from outside the state to track the location, security operatives in Anambra refused to act until he tipped them with N1 million. He expressed his frustration with the Prof Chukwuma Soludo-led government which he condemned for its lacklustre performance in security.
Rev Fr Nonso was, eventually, released on Christmas Eve and was later presented to the congregation.
But speaking to his congregation on Sunday, Obimma said that six of the kidnappers who held the priest had been apprehended.
He said: “I had told you people I spoke with them (kidnappers) and ordered them to release the priest, but they told me that I was joking. They told me they see me every day and have just been resisting the temptation to kidnap me.
“When we sent the ransom to them, I told them it wouldn’t be long before they are apprehended, and the kidnappers said to me ‘iseee’, which is the Igbo word for Amen.
“What they did was mock me, but they did not know that I was serious. Just days ago, they were apprehended, and you need to see how they were begging.”
Meanwhile, there have been videos of the arrest of the kidnappers on social media, but as of the time of filing this report, police authorities in Anambra have yet to release an official statement about the arrest.
