Gunmen have reportedly abducted two Catholic nuns along Ufuma Road in the Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Secretary-General of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Maria Ikeotuonye, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday.
She said the two nuns were on their way back from a vocational association meeting at Ogboji community when they were kidnapped late on Tuesday.
Ikeotuonye expressed sorrow over the abduction and identified the victims as Sister Vincentia Maria Nwankwo, the Principal of Archbishop Charles Harvey Memorial Model Secondary School Ufuma, and Sister Grace Mariette Okoli, a teacher at Immaculata Girls Model Secondary School Nnewi.
