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.
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The priest was said to have been abducted around 7:00 am on Sunday at Ihube community in the Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State along Enugu -Port Harcourt Express Road.
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