Nigeria's Catholic Diocese of Otukpo has appealed for prayers for the "quick and safe release" of Seminarian Kelvin Ochai, who was abducted from the Bishop's Residence in Benue State. In a statement issued on Friday, July 31, the Chancellor of the Nigerian Episcopal See, Fr. Joseph Aboyi Itodo, announced that the Seminarian was kidnapped on Wednesday, July 29, at the Bishop's Residence in Asa III, Otukpo, Benue State. “We write, on a sad note, to notify you of the kidnapping of one of our seminarians, Mr. Kelvin Ochai," Fr. Itodo said in the statement addressed to Priests, Religious, and Lay Faithful of the Diocese.