{"id":53560,"date":"2021-11-01T18:47:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T17:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=53560"},"modified":"2021-11-01T18:47:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T17:47:08","slug":"how-military-foiled-kidnap-of-bishop-of-orlu-catholic-diocese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/how-military-foiled-kidnap-of-bishop-of-orlu-catholic-diocese\/","title":{"rendered":"How Military Foiled Kidnap Of Bishop Of Orlu Catholic Diocese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Troops of Sector Three conducting Exercise GOLDEN<br \/>\nDAWN have foiled an attempted kidnap and robbery of Most Reverend Augustine Ukwuoma at the Orlu Diocesan Catholic Secretariat, BSC Road, Orlu Imo State.<\/p>\n<p>Disclosing this on Sunday in Abuja by the Nigerian Army spokesperson, Brigadier General Onyema Nwuchukwu in a statement said the troops in response to a distress call about 2:30am on Sunday, 31st October 2021, swiftly moved to the scene forcing the assailants to take to their heels thereby abandoning their mission.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53566\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211101-WA0013-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53565\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211101-WA0015-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Bishop, his Secretary and Assistant Secretary are safe and unhurt.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Brig Gen Nwuchukwu explained that the troops would continue to deny freedom of action to members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra\/Eastern Security Network (IPOB\/ESN) and other criminal gangs operating within the sector especially as the elections in Anambra State draws nearer and during the yuletide season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53564\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211101-WA0014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53561\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211101-WA0016-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Members of the public are advised to report suspicious movement of criminals as well as hide outs of the outlawed IPOB\/ESN to law enforcement agencies as the group is only out to intimidate, steal and kidnap law-abiding citizens for ransom,&#8221; Gen Nwuchukwu reiterated in the statement.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Troops of Sector Three conducting Exercise GOLDEN<br \/>\nDAWN have foiled an attempted kidnap and robbery of Most Reverend Augustine Ukwuoma at the Orlu Diocesan Catholic Secretariat, BSC Road, Orlu Imo State.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[9101],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-53560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-crime","category-news","tag-exercise-golden-dawn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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