Police arrest killers of Enugu Catholic priest, Rev Fr Offu

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The police in Enugu state has on Saturday arrested suspected killers of Enugu State Catholic priest, Rev Fr Paul Offu

The state Commissioner of Police, Sulieman Balarabe, disclosed this on Saturday, but refusing to disclose the number of suspects arrested.

Offu was killed along Ihe-Agbudu Road in Awgu Local Government Area of the state on Thursday night.

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His killing  came barely five months after Rev Fr Clement Ugwu,  the parish priest of St Mark Catholic Church, Obinofia Ndiuno in Ezeagu Local Government Area of the state was killed.

The recent killing Offu’s killing on Friday sparked a protest by  Enugu Diocese priests, who marched to the office of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, demanding justice.

Before his death, Offu was serving at St. James Greater Parish Catholic Church, Ugbawka, Enugu State.

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