By Chinonso Alozie 

Owerri- A Catholic church priest, of the St. Paul’s Catholic church parish, Osu in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, Reverend Father Micheal Asomugha, who was kidnapped recently has been freed by his abductors, after spending over nine days in the kidnapper’s den. 

The release of the Catholic priest was made known to newsmen in Owerri, on Sunday. 

According to one of the residents in the area and a parishioner who introduced herself as Ijeoma Njoku, however, she did not go into detail about how  Asomugha, was freed or whether there was a sort of payment of ransom. 

But she said: “Our catholic priest was released because of our prayers. All of us were in prayers both the Reverend fathers and the Reverend sisters.”

“The youths, women in the church. Everybody prayed for the release of our priest and God answered our prayer. 

“What I can’t say is whether the man came out after payment of ransom. But I am sure we prayed and God answered our prayers,” she said.