Edo Youths Burn Suspected Killer Of Catholic Priest, Another Rescued By Police

Edo Youths on Sunday apprehended two of the herdsmen who kidnapped and killed a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Christopher Idia, setting one of them ablaze while the other was rescued by policemen.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the priest was kidnapped by the suspected herdsmen just before he was to commence Sunday mass in his rectory at Ikabigbo community of Etsako West, Edo State, on Sunday morning, June 26.

A Facebook user, Jim Edison Teddy, who shared light on the reaction of the youths in the Edo community to the kidnap and killing of the Catholic priest said:

“Two of the killers of Rev. Fr. Christopher Odia of St Micheal Catholic Church, Ikabigbo, were apprehended by community who were on the trail of the kidnappers,” he narrated.

“The Fulani terrorists opened fire on their pusuers, killed one of them and seriously injured 3 others. The kidnappers also gunned down the Reverend Father in anger.

“The youths wouldn’t give up even with the casualties on their side until they arrested two of the gang members. One of the terrorists was burnt to death and the other retrieved from the angry youths by policemen.”

Meanwhile, Vanguard has reported on how the youths in the Edo community reacted to the kidnap and killing of the Catholic priest by the suspected herdsmen.

“Our boys pursued the kidnappers into the bush and they killed one of our boys but the mass servant who was shot is in Otibhor (ISTH) right now and he just came out of the theater and he survived it, it was the vigilante that died,” he said.

“Our boys went after them and were able to arrest one of the kidnappers who has confessed to the crime and he is presently at the Area Command of the Police in Auchi. After the incident, our boys surrounded the area and they started shooting anybody, they even shot a woman that was coming from the farm after they killed the vigilante member, they shot so many people. Everybody in our village is a warrior, when they killed the vigilante, the people mobilized and started pursuing the kidnappers with their bare hands.”

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