Catholic priest gunned down in Nigeria day after Christmas
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – In yet another case of worsening insecurity in Nigeria, a Catholic priest in Anambra State has been shot dead.
Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo was shot dead Dec. 26 by unidentified assailants at lhiala, according to the chancellor of the diocese, Father Raphael Ezeogu.
“As the Catholic community mourns the loss of this dedicated priest, they take comfort in the statement: ‘Where sorrow increases, divine consolation increases all the more’,” Ezeogu said in his December 27 statement.
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