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Abeokuta (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Luke Adeleke, 38, recently ordained priest, on August 19, 2017, of the diocese of Abeokuta, capital of the southwestern state of Ogun, was shot dead by gunmen while coming from a mass on the eve of Christmas, December 24th by a gang of armed men in the town of Ogunmakin Obafemi Owode, an area where there is a very high criminality. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 28/12/2021)
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