Reverend Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo was killed by unidentified gunmen on December 26, 2024, along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway in Anambra State. This incident adds to a growing list of security concerns in the state, following the recent kidnappings of a retired Anglican Archbishop and a state lawmaker.
Insecurity in Anambra State has worsened with the recent murder of Reverend Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo by unidentified gunmen on Thursday, December 26, 2024.POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the incident occurred between 7 pm and 8 pm along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway in Ihiala, Ihiala local government area of the state.
According to the Chancellor of the Nnewi Catholic Diocese, Reverend Father Raphael Ezeogu, the slain priest was a pharmacist and manager of the Respective School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Medical Laboratory at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Ihiala. “We solicit your prayers and Holy Masses for his eternal joy. May Fr. Tobias rejoice in Paradise forever, Amen.“Funeral arrangements will be announced in due course,” Ezeogu stated in the statement.
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