{"id":10909,"date":"2022-02-08T10:22:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T10:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909"},"modified":"2022-02-08T10:22:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T10:22:48","slug":"kidnapped-kaduna-catholic-priest-regains-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909","title":{"rendered":"Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest Regains Freedom\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest Regains Freedom<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">BY NONYE EKWENUGO<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kaduna<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest, Kafanchan diocese, Rev. Fr. Joseph Danjuma Shekari has been released by his abductors.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Chancellor, Catholic diocese of Kafanchan, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Uchechukwu Okolo disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement made available to Journalists in Kaduna.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;With hearts filled with joy, we raise our voices in a symphony of praises as we<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">announce the return of our brother, Rev. Fr. Joseph Danjuma Shekari, who was<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">abducted by armed persons from the Rectory at St. Monica&#8217;s Catholic Church<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ikulu in Kauru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, on Sunday<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">February 6, 2022&#8243;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8221; Fr. Shekari was released around 10.30pm on Monday February 7, 2022&#8243;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;As we pray for the repose of the soul of his cook who was killed during the attack, we want to thank all those who have offered prayers and entreaties for his\u00a0 release&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We pray God to hasten the release of those who are still in the hands of their captors&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;All our Priests are directed to kindly celebrate Mass of Thanksgiving to God for the quick release of Fr. Shekari as well as Mass for the dead for the departed Cook of Fr. Shekari&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest Regains Freedom BY NONYE EKWENUGO Kaduna The kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest, Kafanchan diocese, Rev. Fr. Joseph Danjuma Shekari has been released by his abductors. The Chancellor, Catholic diocese of Kafanchan, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Uchechukwu Okolo disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement made available to Journalists in Kaduna. &#8220;With hearts filled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest Regains Freedom\u00a0 -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest Regains Freedom\u00a0 -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest Regains Freedom BY NONYE EKWENUGO Kaduna The kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest, Kafanchan diocese, Rev. Fr. Joseph Danjuma Shekari has been released by his abductors. The Chancellor, Catholic diocese of Kafanchan, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Uchechukwu Okolo disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement made available to Journalists in Kaduna. &#8220;With hearts filled [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-08T10:22:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211011_6650.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"703\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ZAINAB TANIMU\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ZAINAB TANIMU\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909\",\"name\":\"Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest Regains Freedom\u00a0 -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211011_6650.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-08T10:22:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faffbb141ad72e9bc665f603c95ca365\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211011_6650.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211011_6650.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":703},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest Regains Freedom\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faffbb141ad72e9bc665f603c95ca365\",\"name\":\"ZAINAB TANIMU\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e89828a0637116ffc513026e478f73fd30000bfffd8574e845936fb44d48266?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e89828a0637116ffc513026e478f73fd30000bfffd8574e845936fb44d48266?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ZAINAB TANIMU\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest Regains Freedom\u00a0 -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest Regains Freedom\u00a0 -","og_description":"Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest Regains Freedom BY NONYE EKWENUGO Kaduna The kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest, Kafanchan diocese, Rev. Fr. Joseph Danjuma Shekari has been released by his abductors. The Chancellor, Catholic diocese of Kafanchan, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Uchechukwu Okolo disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement made available to Journalists in Kaduna. &#8220;With hearts filled [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909","article_published_time":"2022-02-08T10:22:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":703,"url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211011_6650.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ZAINAB TANIMU","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ZAINAB TANIMU","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909","url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909","name":"Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest Regains Freedom\u00a0 -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211011_6650.jpg","datePublished":"2022-02-08T10:22:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faffbb141ad72e9bc665f603c95ca365"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211011_6650.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211011_6650.jpg","width":1024,"height":703},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=10909#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic Priest Regains Freedom\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/","name":"","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faffbb141ad72e9bc665f603c95ca365","name":"ZAINAB TANIMU","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e89828a0637116ffc513026e478f73fd30000bfffd8574e845936fb44d48266?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e89828a0637116ffc513026e478f73fd30000bfffd8574e845936fb44d48266?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ZAINAB TANIMU"},"url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?author=5"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20211011_6650.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9l2uQ-2PX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10911,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10909\/revisions\/10911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}