Wasu ‘yan bindiga a yammacin ranar Juma’a, ‘yan bindiga sun sace wani limamin cocin Katolika, Rev. Fr. Mathias Opara, Imo.
Kamar yadda kamfanin dillancin labarai na Najeriya ya ruwaito, an yi garkuwa da Opara ne a kan hanyar Ejemekwuru da Ogbaku tsakanin kananan hukumomin Oguta da Mbaitoli na jihar.
Wani ganau ya ce an yi garkuwa da limamin cocin ne a lokacin da yake dawowa daga bikin binne mahaifin wani abokin aikinsa a unguwar Izombe da ke karamar hukumar Oguta.
Majiyar wadda ta nemi a sakaya sunanta, ta ce limamin cocin ya tsallake rijiya da baya ne tare da wasu mutane da ke cikin mota guda yayin da suke komawa Owerri.
“Al’amarin ya faru ne a gabanmu. Muna kuma dawowa Owerri daga bikin jana’izar a lokacin da lamarin ya faru,” inji majiyar.
Da aka tuntubi dan jin ta bakin jami’in hulda da jama’a na rundunar ‘yan sandan jihar, ASP Henry Okoye, bai iya tabbatar da rahoton ba.
A sauƙaƙe Okoye ya ce, “Har yanzu ban sami rahoton hukuma wanda ya dace da hakan ba.”
Sai dai Daraktan Sadarwa na Jama’a na Archdiocese Katolika na Owerri, Rev. Fr. Raymond Ogu, wanda ya tabbatar da faruwar lamarin, ya ce an yi wa limamin kwanton bauna, kuma daga baya aka yi garkuwa da shi.
“Yana kan hanyarsa ta dawowa daga Izombe. Wadannan mutanen sun fito daga daji suka yi musu kwanton bauna.
“Mutane kusan biyar ne a cikin motar, ciki har da limamin cocin, amma wani karamin yaro daya daga cikinsu da ke cikin motar ya tsere a lokacin kwanton bauna.
Ogu ya ce, “Masu fashin sun tafi da limamin cocin da sauran fasinjoji uku, amma a wani lokaci, sai suka saki sauran ukun don daukar motarsa amma suka tafi tare da limamin daji,” in ji Ogu.
An yi garkuwa da Opara ne mako guda bayan da wasu ‘yan bindiga suka yi garkuwa da limamin cocin Christ the King Parish Ezinachi/Ugwuago na Diocese na Okigwe a karamar hukumar Okigwe, Rabaran Fr. Jude Maduka.
An yi garkuwa da Maduka ne a lokacin da yake shirye-shiryen bikin Maulidin Eucharistic a wurin ibadarsa.
Wani limamin cocin Katolika na St. Paul’s Catholic Parish, Osu, a karamar hukumar Isiala Mbano, Rev. Fr. An yi garkuwa da Michael Asumogha, a Diocese Katolika na Okigwe a watan Afrilu kuma daga baya aka sake shi.
