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Nigeria: Concern for the Abduction of Teachers, Students, and Children in Schools in in Oyo State
[Agenzia Fides] Abuja -- "Let us pray for the release of the hostages kidnapped from the schools in Ogbomoso," appealed Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo of Oyo State in southwestern Nigeria, bordering Benin, to the faithful.
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