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Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Gerald Ohaeri, who was kidnapped on the evening of November 30th, is free again and in good health," says a statement from the South-East Nigeria Province of the Missionary Society of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans), announcing the release of the religious who was kidnapped on the Ugwogo Nike-Opi road while he was returning to Isiro, in the state of Enugu, in southeast Nigeria (see Fides, 4/12/2024). Father Ohaeri is a lecturer at the "Spiritan School of Philosophy" in Isienu (Nsukka). (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides, 6/12/2024)
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