Catholic priest shot by suspected herder in Benue
Suspicious herders shot a Catholic priest along the volatile Makudi-Naka Road in Benue state.
Father Anango, the wife of the Catholic priest, was attacked on Saturday night.
Rev. Atongo was on his way to shooting Naka, the Gwen West Government headquarters on Makurdi-Naka Road, a statement from the Rev. Joseph Beba.
Suspicious herders shot a Catholic priest along the volatile Makudi-Naka Road in Benue state.
Father Anango, the wife of the Catholic priest, was attacked on Saturday night.
Rev. Atongo was on his way to shooting Naka, the Gwen West Government headquarters on Makurdi-Naka Road, a statement from the Rev. Joseph Beba.
The victim was the pastor of the parish of St. John Quasi in Jimba.
Rev Atongo is said to be in critical condition because he was immediately taken to the hospital for treatment.
Makurdi-Naka Road has become the center of violence in pastoralists over the past two years.
Due to the activities of the gangsters, they kidnapped and killed people on the road, and the road was abandoned.
Daily posts collected from the priest. Atongo was the company of two people when the gangster attacked.
After shooting the priest and thinking he was dead, the herders reportedly drove the others to an unknown destination.
As of the time of submission of the report, there was no information about their whereabouts.
