During the weekend, a Claretian priest of the
Catholic Church was murdered in Owerri, Imo
state.
The priest, whose full identity could not be
ascertained at press time, was an academic staff
of Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, in Ohaji/
Egbema Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Andrew
Enwerem, a Deputy Superintendent of Police,
confirmed the incident, he said the priest was
murdered by assassins on a bush path.
Enwerem said:
"The police are suspecting that it was a clear
case of assassination. The priest was
gruesomely murdered along a very lonely
bush path that would have led him into Port
Harcourt Road."
While noting that whatever happened to the priest
might be connected with the bickering and
happenings in Imo Polytechnic, Enwerem,
however, wondered why the Catholic priest chose
to use such a lonely bush path.
He said:
"The police are suspecting that whatever
happened to the priest cannot be far from the
ceaseless bickering emanating from the
polytechnic.
"Again, I wonder why the priest chose to use
the lonely bush path on his Toyota SUV."
He confirmed that although the police have
recovered the vehicle, no arrests had been made
in connection with the crime.
The PPRO said that police patrol teams were
despatched to the area as soon as the
information was passed on to them.
He said:
"The youths of the community joined the
police in combing the surrounding bushes.
The hoodlums simply perfected and carried
out their damnable act before vanishing into
the thin air."
Enwerem confirmed that the command had not
only expanded its dragnet to all corners of the
state, but were following all available leads.
Enwerem said: "There is the likelihood that the
assassins carefully monitored the priest's
movement and laid ambush for him on his track.
Honestly, it was a gruesome murder."
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