The diocese of Kafanchan, in the center of Nigeria, announced that Father Sylvester Okechukwu, priest of St. Mary Tachira church in the state of Kaduna, was assassinated on Wednesday March 5, the day of the ashes Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent in Christianity. The abductions of members of the clergy are recurrent and worry, whether in the south or north of the country.
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Nigeria: Father Sylvester Okechukwu, priest in the state of Kaduna, killed by his captors
