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PASTOR RELEASED: Boko Haram Extremists Release Nigerian Pastor Held Captive for 8 Months

June 15, 2021 by Staff

(CBN News) Rev. Polycarp Zongo of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) has been released by his abductors after being held captive since Oct. 19, 2020.

Through the efforts of Ambassador Ummu Kalthum Muhammad, chairperson, and founder of Kalthum Foundation for Peace, the pastor was freed from Boko Haram insurgents, Our Nigeria reports.

A video was released in November, showing Zango pleading for help from the Plateau State Government and his church.

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