Gunmen Abduct Catholic Priest In Imo
A Catholic priest, Rev Fr Marcel Izuchukwu Onyeocha has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen, Owerri, Imo State
Unknown kidnappers have kidnapped a Catholic priest, Rev Fr Marcel Izuchukwu Onyeocha, in Imo State
The prof was said to have been kidnapped on Saturday night, at the Ihube community in the Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State along Enugu -Port Harcourt Express Road.
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The victim is a native of the Avuru Community in the Ikeduru council area, and also a professor of Philosophy, at Imo State University, Owerri
It was gathered that the priest was on transit from Enugu to Owerri when the incident happened.
According to a resident of Okigwe town, the cleric was driving when the gunmen accosted him.
He added that it was not clear if the cleric drove alone but a resident said: “The kidnappers shot sporadically in the air to scare away other road users at the scene of the operation. They drove the cleric in his car at the scene of the incident.”
The Public Relations Officer of IMSU, Ralph Obi- Njoku, when contacted, said that he had informed the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Peter Akah, and the university’s Chief Security Officer about the priest’s abduction.
A Police Spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, said he had not been brief about Onyeocha’s kidnap.
