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Gunmen on Thursday night kidnapped the Catholic priest of St Michael's Catholic Church parish in Umuekebi community in the Osuoweerre autonomous community in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, Rev Father Kingsley Eze, popularly known as Father Ichie. The priest and another man identified as Uchenna Newman, who drove the priest in a Volvo jeep were kidnapped at Orie ama junction around 8pm on Thursday. Apart from the kidnap of the priest and the man who drove him, the criminals also robbed shop owners at the junction before leaving the scene.