Boko Haram kills 16 in Borno, Adamawa, razes 50 houses
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…3 soldiers, 6 others killed, UN facilities burnt in Damasak attack in Borno
…Insurgents take away medical consumables, ambulances, vehicles of humanitarian workers
…7 killed, worship centres, schools burnt, 5,000 people displaced in Adamawa
…Hoodlums invade police station in Cross River, cart away AK47 rifles
…Gunmen abduct Catholic priest in Imo; 13-yr-old in Ogun, demand N50m ransom
…Robbers kill two security guards in Ondo
By Kingsley Omonobi, Dayo Johnson, Chidi Nkwopara, Ndahi Marama, Umar Yusuf & Emmanuel Una
The insecurity situation in the country worsened weekend as Boko Haram and its sister formation, Islamic State of West Africa, ISWAP, again launched attacks on communities in Borno and Adamawa states, killing people and rendering thousands homeless.
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Imo police confirms kidnap of Reverend Father Izu Marcel Onyeocha
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By Chidi Nkwopara – Owerri
Imo State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of Rev Fr Izu Marcel Onyeocha, by hoodlums.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Orlando Godson Ikeokwu, confirmed the story in a press statement he signed.
Giving the police angle to the story, Ikeokwu recounted: “On April 11, 2021, 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 local government area, and as they stepped down to check the vehicle, a group of people believed to be Fulani herdsmen emerged from the bush and inflicted matchet cut injuries on him, while the priest was kidnapped and taken to unknown destination.
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