Catastrophe struck in Nkwerre in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State on Monday night after shooters killed a Catholic cleric and carried off his vehicle.
The shooters similarly killed a young fellow whose personality couldn’t be determined promptly.
The man was said to be with the cleric in his vehicle when the hoodlums struck.
A local of the network told our journalist on Tuesday morning that the cleric, distinguished as Rev Fr. Jude Egbuom, was until his passing responsible for St Patrick’s Catholic Parish, Amucha, in the Njaba LGA of the state.
He hailed from Umuwala, a town in Nkwerre Community.
He was assaulted around 8pm when he went to a hair salon’s on Anara-Nkwerre Road in Nkwerre town.
He apparently opposed giving the auto keys to his executioners, which rankled them.
The minister was promptly shot together with the other casualty in his vehicle ,while the hoodlums fled.
A local of the network stated, “The conditions encompassing the slaughtering of the minister demonstrated that it was an instance of outfitted theft.
“It couldn’t have been an instance of death, who did the delicate cleric annoy? He was from our locale, Nkwerre and was doing his minister work at Njaba, a close-by LGA. ”
Whenever reached, the police representative, Andrew Enwerem, affirmed the killings and said that the police official, Dasuki Galadanchi, had sent the Tactical Unit of the order in the territory.
The police representative stated, “The occurrence is affirmed. Rev Fr.Jude Egbuom of St Patrick’s Catholic ward Amucha was killed the previous evening.
“Someone else whose personality presently couldn’t seem to be known was likewise murdered by the gangsters. The minister was in his religious formal attire when they shot him dead.
