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The chancellor said the archbishop of the archdiocese, Valerian Okeke, has thanked all the Catholic faithful, including clergies and others who showed solidarity and prayed for the release of the cleric. Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, identified the lecturer as Sydney Onyeagu, a professor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University.

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