Suspected kidnappers on Monday snatched a Catholic minister, Rev. Fr. Paul Irikefe, and whisked him away to an obscure destination.
Father Irikefe, an instructor with Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Major Seminary in Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State, was said to have been captured at Benin bye-go in Edo State.
Father Irikefe, an instructor with Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Major Seminary in Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State, was said to have been captured at Benin bye-go in Edo State.
In any case, another data uncovered that the casualty may have been gotten by the criminals around Effurun, close Warri in Delta State.
THISDAY checks uncovered that the minister left Ibadan and was en route to Warri, Delta State, to go to the internment ceremonies of his companion and partner, Rev. Fr. Benet Chike Amaefule.
Rev. Fr. Amaefule had passed on August 16, 2016, at 31 years old after a brief sickness.
A night vigil of supplications and Mass was set up for the late cleric at S Peters and Pauls Catholic church at Emede in Isoko South Local Government Area of the state on Monday at 4 p.m.
THISDAY learnt that an early morning supplication and burial service mass were sorted out for the late minister at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Warri.
The hijacked cleric was en route for the Monday vigil petitions for the perished when he was snatched along Benin bye-go by the suspected shooters.
THISDAY learnt that the episode influenced the confidence of alternate ministers that had assembled for the entombment of their late associate.
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