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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
Police Public Relations Officer in the State, SP Orlando Ikeokwu, also confirmed the release.
Onyeocha, who is a professor of Philosophy at the Imo State University, Owerri, is a priest in the congregation of Claretian Missionaries.
He was kidnapped on Saturday evening along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Express Road at Ihube community in Okigwe council area of the state, when he was returning from Enugu to Owerri, by a group of persons suspected to be herdsmen.
Fr Iwuagwu disclosed that Fr Onyeocha was dropped off at the Ihube Community in Okigwe council area of the state in the early hours of Monday.
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