Body Of Kidnapped Enugu Catholic Priest Found Dead

Reverend Father Clement Rapuluchukwu Ugwu, the Catholic Priest of St. Mark Catholic Church, Obinofia Ndiuno in Ezeagu Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State was found dead yesterday, March, 20.

He was reportedly abducted on March 13, 2019, in his parish. It was gathered that the gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, had shot him before they took him away.

His Exc. Mgr. Callistus Onaga, Bishop of Enugu, decried the spate of violent killings around the country, advising that Christians should intensify their prayers for the survival of the Country.

Mgr. Onaga regretted that security agencies could not rescue Fr. Ugwu despite their assurances that they were closing on the kidnappers, while the abductors were making withdrawals from his account through his Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card

“All is not well in Enugu State . We should not continue to pretend about it while our people are killed every day . Enugu State is not secure again. Criminals have shifted to Enugu State from Anambra. When Father Ugwu was kidnapped , we reported it to the police and since then I have visited police station three times yet they kept telling me we are closing on the kidnappers . I doubt they were doing anything because where the deceased body of Fr . Ugwu was found is not up to 20 km from his house. ” — Bishop Onaga