Mob Burns Suspected Kidnapper Of Catholic Priest In Edo
The thought hijacker was said to have been captured by young people of Ikabigbo, Uzairue, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state and was lynched.An furious horde has purportedly consumed to death one of the outfitted herders who snatched a Catholic cleric, Rev Fr Christopher Odia of St Micheal Catholic Church, Ikabigbo, Edo State on Sunday and killed him.
The thought hijacker was said to have been captured by adolescents of Ikabigbo, Uzairue, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state and was lynched. after the fear mongers had snatched the cleric, the adolescents of the area pursued them. They apparently started shooting at the adolescents seeking after them, killed one of them and truly harmed three others.
A source said, “The hijackers likewise gunned down the Reverend Father out of frustration. The adolescents wouldn’t surrender even with the losses on their side until they captured two of the gangsters.
“One of the psychological oppressors was scorched to death and the other recovered from the irate adolescents by police officers.”
At the point when the State Police Command’s representative, Chidi Nwabuzor was reached for response, he affirmed the killing of one of the abductors.
Nwabuzor let SaharaReporters know that the hijacker was killed by agents pursued the killers with nearby security (vigilantes) after got data on the snatching episode.
He said, “Following the hijack of the ward cleric of St Michael Catholic church, lkhabigbo, Etsako West nearby government area of Edo State, Rev Father Christopher Odia in his parsonage while emerging to go for Sunday mass in the extremely early times of 26/6/22, a joined group of police strategic groups went into the woodland so as to safeguard the Catholic minister.
“In dissatisfaction, the seized Rev Father Christopher Odia was killed by his abductors.
“Escalated shrub brushing is progressing towards guaranteeing that the people who got away are captured and made to confront equity.”
In the mean time, a video SaharaReporters saw on Monday, seemed to show where one of the criminals’ supposedly killed was being scorched.