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Cleric, driver released after one month in kidnappers’ den

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THE kidnapped senior Anglican cleric, Most Rev. Prof. Godwin Okpala has been freed.

Archbishop Okpala was set free alongside his driver.

VAM News reports that Okpala, a retired Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi, was released one month after he was abducted.

It could be recalled that he went missing on his way to Umuchu, a community in Anambra State for a burial ceremony.

Details of his release are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, but it is being celebrated on various social media platforms of the Anglican Communion.

One of such platforms is the official Facebook page of St Stephens Anglican Church, Nnewi.

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