Another Catholic Priest Kidnapped, Murdered

Rev. Fr. Cyriacus Onunkwo, a Catholic priest has been murdered in Imo State, 24 hours after he was kidnapped.

Confirming the frightening incident in a telephone chat today, the Imo state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Ezike, said the priest’s corpse has been recovered.

“The matter was properly reported to the police and we went into action. Less than 24 hours after, the Orsu Divisional Police Officer, DPO, reported the discovery of an abandoned corpse in its area of jurisdiction”, Ezike Posited.

According to the Imo police boss, priests of Orlu Catholic Diocese were called in immediately and they identified the corpse as their priest.

“Although we are working on all leads over the matter. For now, it is a clear case of abduction and murder. If it was a case of kidnapping, his captives would have put a call across to anybody close their victim and made a demand”, Ezike said.

While speaking with our correspondent, the CP said that “although nobody has been arrested in connection with the crime, we are investigating it”.

He promised to keep nigeriancablenews.com posted as investigation progress.