The lifeless
body of Alphonsus Bello, a reverend father, was found this morning, May 21, on
a farmland behind the Catechetical Training School, Malumfashi in Katsina
State.
The training school is part of Sokoto diocese under Bishop Matthew Kukah.
Mr Bello’s
death followed an earlier report at about 1.35am on Friday by the Dean of
Malumfashi Deanery, Stephen Ojapah, that the parish house of St. Vincent Ferrer
Church was attacked by bandits numbering about 15.
Mr Bello and
Joe Keke, another reverend father, were taken away by the bandits during the
attack.
The Director
of Communications for Sokoto diocese, Chris Omotosho (reverend father) in a
note to the national communications office of the Catholic Secretariat in
Abuja, confirmed the incident.
He said the
attack by the bandits occurred at about 11.30pm on Thursday and that Mr Bello
was, until his death, the parish priest of St. Vincent, while Mr Keke, 75, was
a priest-in-residence.
The
whereabouts of the priest is still unknown at the moment. The bandits who
abducted him are yet to make any contact with his church or family.
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