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Catholic Priest Murdered, Another Kidnapped As Bandits Attack Katsina Church by tonyluyi1985: 1:00pm On May 21, 2021
Some gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, Malunfashi, Katsina State and killed a priest, Rev. Fr. Alphonsus Yashim Bello.
They stormed the church at 11 pm on Thursday, abducted the slain priest who initially resisted arrest and another priest Rev. Fr Joe keke.
The lifeless body of Fr. Alphonsus Bello was found abandoned in the farmland behind the Catechetical Training School, Malunfashi on Friday morning.
The Communications Director, Diocese of Sokoto, Fr Chris Omotosho, confirmed the tragic incident in a statement on Friday.

"Last night (20/05/2021) one of our parishes – St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church Malunfashi, Katsina state – was attacked by unknown gunmen. 2 priests were kidnapped – *Frs Joe Keke & Alphonsus Bello*. Fr Joe Keke the former parish priest, now in residence is in his late 70s. Fr Alphonsus Bello (parish priest) is in his 30s," the statement reads.

"This morning the body of Fr Alphonsus was found (lifeless) in the farmland behind the Catechetical Training School, Malunfashi. The whereabouts of Fr. Joe Keke is still unknown. No contact has been made thus far."

Source: https://theventrepublic.com/2021/05/21/catholic-priest-murdered-another-kidnapped-as-bandits-attack-katsina-church/
Re: Catholic Priest Murdered, Another Kidnapped As Bandits Attack Katsina Church by gambia(m): 1:32pm On May 21, 2021
Every sensible citizen need to defend his or her self against these blood sucking demons. The God of Israel we call upon today, even Israel is defending her self with heavy lethal weapons , so we need to do same, not just prayer alone.
Re: Catholic Priest Murdered, Another Kidnapped As Bandits Attack Katsina Church by debbydams(f): 2:47pm On May 21, 2021
Umm
Re: Catholic Priest Murdered, Another Kidnapped As Bandits Attack Katsina Church by Nobody: 2:56pm On May 21, 2021
HOLLY GRAM cool DAT AINT RITE. WTF
Re: Catholic Priest Murdered, Another Kidnapped As Bandits Attack Katsina Church by Miminana(m): 3:01pm On May 21, 2021
Soso bad news nahim I dey yeh for about dis corn-tree since morning. Una dey give me more reasons to japa comot for here. Either trek from naija enter Spain or go by air, whichever way I must enter next year...
Re: Catholic Priest Murdered, Another Kidnapped As Bandits Attack Katsina Church by FoolishBoy419: 7:20pm On May 21, 2021
Well, the bandits have a right to defend themselves from those rapata-rapata-skalamomba crying terrorists
Re: Catholic Priest Murdered, Another Kidnapped As Bandits Attack Katsina Church by tit(f): 7:23pm On May 21, 2021
Ha ha ha
Re: Catholic Priest Murdered, Another Kidnapped As Bandits Attack Katsina Church by superCleanworks(m): 9:51pm On May 21, 2021
Katsina again

I just feel for youth corpers

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