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Catholic priest arrested for shooting boy dead in Imo

A Nigerian Catholic priest Joseph Enyiaka has allegedly shot a boy dead after the latter set off firecrackers within a church premises.

PREMIUM TIMES learned that the incident happened during a Holy Mass celebration, marking the crossover to the New Year 2025.

Sources told this newspaper that the Holy Mass was conducted at St. Colombus Parish, Amaimo, a community in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, South East, Nigeria.

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However, PREMIUM TIMES could not confirm the name of the slain victim by the time this report was filed.

Henry Okoye, the police spokesperson in Imo State, confirmed the development in a message on Thursday.

“A detailed investigation has been initiated to ascertain the remote facts surrounding the incident,” Mr Okoye, an assistant superintendent of police, said.

The police spokesperson told PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday that the police have arrested the Catholic priest over the incident.

“He’s currently in our custody,” he said of the Catholic priest.

PREMIUM TIMES asked Mr Okoye about the circumstances of the incident and how the cleric got the rifle.

“I don’t know if the act was intentional. I don’t think so. But we are still investigating,” he responded.

The Nigeria Police Force has banned fireworks, which are often set off during Christmas and New Year celebrations.

The Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Aboki Danjuma, had, on 1 December 2024, reiterated the ban on the sale, use and distribution of firecrackers in the state.

 

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