AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Damulak escapes after his kidnapping on February 6

Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Cornelius Manzak Damulak, kidnapped on February 6 (see Fides, 7/2/2025), managed to escape from the hands of his kidnappers.
According to the police in the State of Niger (central Nigeria), the priest was able to free himself on the evening of February 13 and was rescued by a police patrol the next morning. "On February 14, around noon, a person was found by a police patrol from Chanchaga on the Pogo Paiko highway and immediately taken to safety," says a statement from the police command. "During questioning, the person was identified as Cornelius Damulak (36), a student at the 'Veritas University' in Abuja." The police statement added: "The victim was kidnapped from his home in Bwari (Abuja) at around 5 a.m. on Thursday, February 6, and taken to the forests. Fortunately, on February 13, Father Damulak managed to escape from the kidnappers and found himself on the Pogo Paiko Highway in Minna, where, after a long walk, he was picked up by one of our patrols."
Father Damulak belongs to the clergy of the diocese of Shendam in Plateau State (central Nigeria), but was studying in the federal capital, Abuja, in whose urban area he was kidnapped. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides, 20/2/2025)

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