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From Stanley Uzoaru, Uzoaru
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers shot a Catholic priest from St. Kelvin’s parish Ogbaku, in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Owerri, on Christmas day.
An inside source told Daily Sun that the priest who is the assistant parish priest of the church was about to enter the gate, at about 8am, when the hoodlums, from afar, shot him.
One of their bullets was said to have hit the right arm of the cleric who was later rushed to a nearby hospital, where he is still responding to treatment.
“It happened this morning; he was trying to enter the gate, but, before he could, a bullet from nowhere hit him. Nobody saw the person that shot him; it was like a stray bullet. Thank God he did not die. He has been taken to the hospital”, the source said.
The Catholic Archdiocesan Bishop of Owerri, His Grace Lucius Ugorji, confirmed the incident but added that the identity of the culprits were still unknown.
