AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria

Abuja (Fides Agency) - Another Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. The victim is Fr. Ibrahim Amos, pastor of St. Gerald Quasi Parish in Kurmin Risga, in the local government area of Kauru, Kaduna State, in northwestern Nigeria.
This was announced by the chancellor of the Diocese of Kafanchan, Father Jacob Shanet, in a statement: “It is with deep sadness that we announce that Father Ibrahim Amos, parish priest of St. Gerald Quasi Parish in Kurmin Risga, Kauru Local Government Area in Kaduna State, has been kidnapped. The sad incident occurred on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at his home in Kurmin Risga, shortly after midnight.”
“While we ask for prayers for the speedy release of Father Amos, we urge people not to take justice into their own hands,” the diocese statement concluded.
In March, also in Kaduna State, Father Sylvester Okechukwu, parish priest of St. Mary Tachira Church, was kidnapped and killed (see Fides, 6/3/2025). Those allegedly responsible for the kidnapping and murder of the priest were subsequently arrested by security forces (see Fides, 26/3/2025).
The scourge of kidnappings for ransom in Nigeria had also raised the concern of Pope Francis. “The increasingly frequent kidnappings in Nigeria are concerning. I express my closeness in prayer to the Nigerian people, hoping that efforts will be made to contain the spread of these incidents as much as possible”, the Pope said at the end of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, February 25, 2024.
(LM) ( Fides Agency 25/4/2025)

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