**Parishioners recount how Catholic priest was killed for preaching against societal ills.
Who killed Rev. Fr. Francis Chidiebele Okoye, a Catholic priest attached to St Mary’s Catholic Church, in Afikpo, Ebonyi State? And why was he killed? These are some of the questions agitating the minds of the parishioners and general public:
Who killed Rev. Fr. Francis Chidiebele Okoye, a Catholic priest attached to St Mary’s Catholic Church, in Afikpo, Ebonyi State? And why was he killed? These are some of the questions agitating the minds of the parishioners and general public:
Even as the anniversary of the gruesome murder of the priest holds on
July 31, Fr. Okoye was slaughtered like a sacrificial lamb in the
premises of the Church on July 31, 2006. The priest, who hailed from
Enugwu Ukwu, in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State and
shared an apartment within the Church premises with a fellow priest, was
dragged out of his bedroom by his assailants, who took him to the back
of the building and slashed his throat.

















