CATHOLIC PRIEST SHOT IN LAGOS

The increasing spate of attacks on members of the robe, particularly, Catholic priests, is beginning to generate concerns.

This is becoming so as yet to be identified gunmen opened fire on Daniel Nwankwo, Parish Priest of St. Thomas Catholic Church, Onilekere, adjacent Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, Lagos, on Friday.



According to a parishioner, simply identified as Valentine, the
assailant struck around 9am of the fateful day.

"The Parish Priest had just finished attending to a church member when he was attacked".

Explaining how it happened, Valentine disclosed that; “they were three in number. The men came into the church as if they were parishioners", NAIJNEWSALERT gathered.

“When they arrived here, father was taking confession. As he was walking away after rounding off, they approached him and told him they need N5,000 to use in paying the hospital bill of someone".

“Before you knew what was happening, they had shot him in the stomach".

"The attackers scaled the fence of the church and escaped after carrying out the heinous attack", another eyewitness who refused to disclose his identity stated.

After the gunmen left, an associate priest of the church rushed Nwankwo to an
undisclosed hospital for treatment, he further said.

When newsmen visited on Friday afternoon, policemen were seen in the church premises with some parishioners who had also converged on the place, discussing the matter.

Spokesman of the Lagos state Command, Olarinde Famous-Cole did not respond to TheCable’s inquiries on the development which happened one week after Cyriacus Onunkwo, also a Catholic priest, was abducted and killed in Imo state.

The Priest was abducted on Friday at Banana junction in Orlu local government area of the state while his corpse was found in Omuma the following day.

So far, six persons, including a policeman, have been arrested in connection with the death of Onunko.

•Text courtesy of TheCable.
Source News Express