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Gunmen kill Catholic priest in Anambra
Gunmen on Thursday killed a priest with the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, Anambra State, Rev. Fr. Tobias Okonkwo.
The Chancellor of Nnewi Diocese, Rev. Fr. Raphael Ezeogu, disclosed this in a letter addressed to the members on Thursday.
He said the priest was killed along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway at about 8:00 p.m., on Thursday.
The letter read: “Where sorrow increases, divine consolation increases all the more. The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi announces, with sorrow but with stronger faith, that our dear Rev. Fr. Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo died yesterday, 26th December 2024.
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“He was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Ihiala, along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway around 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
“Till yesterday, Fr. Tobias, a pharmacist and native of Ekwulumili in Nnewi South Local Government Area, was manager of the respective Schools of Nursing, Midwifery, and Medical Laboratory at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Ihiala.
“We solicit your prayers and Holy Masses for his eternal joy. May Fr. Tobias rejoice in Paradise forever, Amen. May God console the bereaved. Funeral arrangements will be communicated in due course.”
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