Catholic priests protest killing of colleague in Enugu
- Some Catholic priests have protested killing of their colleague Rev. Fr. Paul Offu in Enugu state
- Offu was killed by yet to be identified gunmen, suspected to be armed herdsmen
- The Catholic priests, who marched peacefully, passed through major roads within Enugu metropolis on their white official cassock
No fewer than 200 Catholic priests within the Catholic Diocese of Enugu have protested the killing of their colleague, Rev. Fr. Paul Offu, in Enugu state on Friday, August 2.
Offu was killed by yet to be identified gunmen, suspected to be armed herdsmen, while traveling on Ihe-Agbudu Road in Awgu local government area of the state in the evening of Thursday, Aug. 1.
The Catholic priests, who marched peacefully, passed through major roads within Enugu metropolis on their white official cassock.
They held placards with the various inscriptions such as: “Enough is Enough’’, “Catholic Priests are Targets of Hoodlums’’, “We Cannot be Living in Fear’’, “Government Must Address Security Challenge in Enugu’’ and “We Are Not Happy with Government’’.
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Addressing newsmen on the development, the Catholic Bishop of Enugu, Most Rev. Callistus Onaga, said that the protest was to register the displeasure of the diocese at the incessant attacks on Catholic priests by hoodlums in the state, which had lasted for seven years now.
Onaga said that the Catholic priests were simply demanding for more security in the state adding that “if there are crop of bad herdsmen in the state they should be fished out and we will continue to live in peace with the good ones’’.
The bishop, however, noted that the attack had become unbearable as the diocese lost a priest in March, who was killed by suspected armed herdsmen.
He said that two weeks ago, another priest was shot in the state and “he is still receiving intensive medical attention as we speak’’.
“I am sorrowful and utterly disappointed on the security in the state. This year alone, we (diocese) have suffered some casualties,’’ he lamented.
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Recall that Legit.ng reported that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state summoned an emergency meeting of all heads of security agencies in the state over the killing of a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Paul Offu, on Thursday, August 1.
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