The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi has announced the killing of Reverend Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo by unknown gunmen.
Rev Fr Okonkwo, who is also a pharmacist, was shot dead in Ihiala on Boxing Day between 7 pm and 8 pm along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway, a statement signed by Rev. Fr. Raphael Ezeogu, Chancellor of the Nnewi Diocese said.
The statement described the incident as a devastating loss but expressed faith in divine consolation.
Born on August 11, 1984, Fr. Tobias was ordained as a priest on July 11, 2015.
At the time of his death, he was serving as the Manager of the Schools of Nursing, Midwifery, and Medical Laboratory at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Ihiala.
His killing comes barely two weeks after the abduction of a 75-year-old retired Anglican Archbishop, Most Reverend Godwin Okpala, whose whereabout remained unknown.
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