A grieving widow is asking for the public's help in identifying the person who stole her husband's work truck, which led him to chase the thief and ultimately crash. Her husband did not survive.
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.