Metro Angry Youths Stab Catholic Priest During Rosary Procession in Anambra

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Angry Youths said to be Idol worshipers, yesterday attacked a Priest, Rev. Father Fidelis Ifeanyichukwu Ugozo of the St. Raphael’s Catholic Church in Ugbenu, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

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According to witnesses, they beat the priest to a state of coma before stabbing him in the face and other parts of his body.

Residents accounts noted the priest and some of his followers were carrying out the ‘Blessed Sacrament’ procession around some of the villages when they were stopped by one of the youth leader in Obubo village in Ugbenu town.

Ikegbunam felt the clergy man and his followers were out to burn down their deity.

“Mr. Ikegbunem insisted that they will not enter his village named Obubo and when they overpowered him, he started making contacts, calling some youths from the village to attack the priest and others who were mainly women and children.”

The Catholic priest who sustained injuries was rushed to an undisclosed hospital in Ebenebe and later transferred to St. Joseph’s hospital, Adazi Ani.

A former catechist at St. Raphael’s parish Ugbenu, Cletus Nwankwo, said Obubo village is known in Ugbenu town for adulterous acts, adding that the youths suspected that the Rosary procession was aimed at destroying their deity shrine.


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