A Catholic priest of the Nnewi Diocese in Anambra State, Nigeria, Africa, was tragically shot and killed on December 26th. Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo, lost his life when unidentified gunmen attacked him along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway between 7 and 8 pm. At the time of his death, Father Okonkwo was serving as the priest-in-charge of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Ihiala, Anambra State. Additionally, he was a trained pharmacist and the Manager of the College of Nursing Sciences, at the hospital. The kidnapping and murder of priests and religious in Nigeria has become an epidemic. The diocese asks for prayers.
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