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Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two members of the Sisters’ Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ (IHM) in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria were abducted on the evening of Tuesday, January 7, 2025.
Sr. Vincentia Maria Nwankwo, the Principal of Archbishop Charles Heerey Memorial Model Secondary School in Ufuma, and Sr. Grace Mariette Okoli, a teacher at Immaculata Girls Model Secondary School in Nnewi, were kidnapped along Ufuma road on their way back from their Vocational Association's meeting at Ogboji.
A police spokesperson said that a joint security operation has begun to track down and free the two nuns. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides, 9/1/2025)
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