Three seminarians were kidnapped in Nigeria’s Edo State on 10 July, adding to the escalating crisis of abductions across the country, with Christians increasingly being targeted.
The attack took place shortly after 9.00pm local time at the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivhianokpodi, according to a 11 July statement from the Diocese of Auchi, signed by its director of communications, Father Peter Egielewa.
He said armed assailants stormed the facility, abducted three students, and killed a security guard. The seminarians were taken into the bush.
