NIGERIA: Abductors Release Fr Izu Marcel Onyeoncha
IMO STATE, APRIL 16, 2021 (
CISA) -Fr Izu Marcel Onyeocha, a priest of the congregation of Clarentian Missionaries, was released Monday April 12 after being abducted on April 11 in Imo State by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
Reverend Fr Izu Onyeocha’s is said to have been kidnapped, on Sunday around 08:15 pm at Ihube community in Okigwe Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State.
“On the 11/04/21, one Bissong Isa Atugu M, reported that on the 10/03/21, at about 7:45 pm, while driving from Enugu to Owerri with a Nissan Xterra SUV, in the company of one, Reverend Fr Marcel Izu Onyeocha of Mother Theresa of Golgotha Catholic Church, World Bank Owerri, the vehicle developed fault around Ihube in Okigwe LGA, and as they step down to check the vehicle, a group of people believed to be Fulani herdsmen emerged from the bush and inflicted machete cut injuries on him, the priest was kidnapped and taken to an unknown destination, ”reads a
Ikeokwu said the cleric was kidnapped when his car developed a fault at Ihube in Okigwe LGA.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 11, 2021
The Imo State Police command has linked the kidnap of a Catholic priest, Izu Marcel Onyeocha, to a group of suspected herdsmen.
In a statement, the command s spokesman, Orlando Ikeokwu, said one Bissong Isa Atugu, who was in the car with the cleric when he was kidnapped, narrated that a group of people believed to be herdsmen emerged from the bush and inflicted matchete cuts on him while the priest was kidnapped and taken to an unknown destination.
Imo catholic priest freed after one night in kidnappers den
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By Chinonso Alozie
The Catholic Priest and lecturer with the Imo State University, IMSU, Reverend Father Izu Marcel Onyeocha, who was kidnapped last Sunday has been freed by his captors.
Vanguard in Owerri, learnt that Reverend Father Onyeocha was freed early hours of Monday, after spending a night in the den of his kidnappers.
Vanguard had reported that the
Catholic priest was kidnappedaround Ihube in Okigwe local government area of Imo state, as he was traveling from Owerri to Enugu state.
The incident came few months after, auxiliary Catholic Bishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Bishop Moses Chikwe, was kidnapped and released by his abductors.
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Identity of those who kidnapped Imo catholic priest revealed
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By Chinonso Alozie
The Imo state police command on Sunday, confirmed that suspected Fulani herdsmen, were behind the kidnap of a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Marcel Izu Onyeocha, around Ihube in Okigwe local government area of Imo state.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Orlando Ikeokwo, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri.
According to the police, the Catholic priest was kidnapped when his car developed fault at Ihube in Okigwe LGA.
The police narrated: “On the 11/04/21, one Bissong Isa Atugu “m”, reported that on the 10/03/21, at about 7:45pm ,while driving from Enugu to Owerri with a Nissan Exterra SUV, in company of one REV. FR. Marcel Izu Onyeocha of Mother theresa of Golgotha Catholic Church, World Bank Owerri, the vehicle developed fault around Ihube in Okigwe LGA, and as they step down to check the vehicle, a group of people believed to be Fulani herdsmen emerged from