By David Ola
Gunmen have shot dead Rev. Fr. Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo, a cleric with the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, in Anambra State.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Chancellor of the Diocese, Rev. Fr. Raphael Ezeogu, on Friday, December 27.
According to him, the Catholic priest was gunned down on Thursday evening (December 26, 2024) by yet-to-be identified assailant who attacked him at the Ihiala axis, on the Onitsha—Owerri Road.
The Diocesan Chancellor said that, until his death, the murdered 40-year-old priest and Pharmacist who hailed from Ekwulumili community in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was the Manager of the Schools of Nursing, Midwifery, and Medical Laboratory at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala.
“We solicit your prayers and Holy Masses for his eternal joy. May Fr. Tobias rejoice in Paradise for ever, Amen.
“May God console the bereaved. Funeral arrangements will be communicated in due course,” he said.
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