The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the rescue in a statement he issued on Sunday in Awka.
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The remains were buried on Thursday at Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral in Nnewi after a requiem mass at the cathedral.
He died in an auto crash on August 17, 2022 in front of the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
The Police Command in Enugu State says abducted Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Malachy Asadu, serving under Catholic Diocese of Nsukka, has been released.
This comes two weeks after the release of another catholic priest earlier abducted in the state.
The Police Command in Enugu state says it is currently trailing the abductors of Rev.-Fr. Arinze Madu, a priest with the Spiritual Year Seminary at Imezi Owa of Ezeagu Local Government Area.
The cleric was on his way to Takum for a peace meeting with his fellow clergymen on how to resolve the lingering Tiv, Jukun crisis when he was killed.
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has deployed detectives from the Force Headquarters to hunt for the killers of Rev. Fr. Paul Offu, a Catholic Priest in Enugu State.
“The priest was taken to hospital with lung injuries and is in a stable condition,’’ a police spokesperson told Polish news agency PAP, adding that the attacker had been arrested save for his motive was as yet unclear.
The Chairman, Abakaliki Rice Mill Company, Chief Joseph Ununu, has revealed his reason for luring the deaf suspect who allegedly assaulted a catholic priest at the mill to the police.
A Catholic Priest has lost his position in the Central German Town of Ballenstedt after taking 137,000 dollars from parish funds.
The Police in Kogi have arrested five suspects said to be behind the kidnap of a traditional ruler, a catholic cleric and the recent spate of armed robbery on Okene -Lokoja road.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the Catholic Priest identified as Rev. Fr. Paulinus Udewangu of St. Marks Catholic Church, Nsude in Udi Local Government Area of the state, was abducted on July 4 during his routine jogging exercise within the axis.