The Niger State Government has pledged to build a new parish in Kafin-Koro in honour of late Rev. Father Isaac Achi, the Priest of St. Peters and Paul Catholic Church, who was burnt to death by bandits last Sunday.
The Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane disclosed this when he led a government delegation to Most Rev. Martin Uzoukwu, the Catholic Bishop of Minna at the St. Michael’s Catholic Cathedral, Minna during the wake keep mass to commiserate with the Christian community over the incident.
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