Posted on 01/18/2021 5:51:37 PM PST by marshmallow
A Nigerian Catholic priest abducted last week was hacked to death with machetes by his kidnappers, according to a report Monday.
The lifeless body of Father John Gbakaan, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Minna, in Nigeria’s expansive Middle Belt, was discovered tied to a tree near the road where he had been kidnapped, so severely disfigured by machetes that recognition was difficult.
The priest had been reported dead by fellow priest Father Ugochukwu Ugwoke on January 16.
The parish priest of Santa Teresa a Madala, Father John Jatau, said Sunday that Father Gbakaan had gone to Makurdi in the state of Benue on January 14 to visit his mother, accompanied by his brother and another priest.
On the way back on January 15, the priest and his brother were attacked by armed bandits along the Lambata-Lapai road around 9:00 pm. The gunmen abducted the two men and then called the diocese of Minna on Saturday demanding a ransom payment of thirty million Naira ($75,000), which they later reduced to five million Naira ($12,500).
The Toyota Venza in which the priest was traveling was found in the bush near his body. His brother is still missing and presumed to be in the hands of the bandits.
The Vice President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. John Hayab, called the killing of the Catholic priest “shocking and painful,” noting that insecurity for Christians has taken on an alarming dimension.
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Will this soon becoming to America under the Biden-Harris mis-administration?
Nobody worldwide cares about persecution of Catholics anymore.
Even black ones.
They are too busy making heroes of black thugs.
Think “Catholic” Biden will step in to stop this theocide stop?
He now has a higher honor than any medal winner, Nobel prize recipient, or Pulitzer prize winner.
Another Christian martyr goes to heaven.
We have St. George Floyd to remember.
Coming soon to a banana republic near you.
Islam again.
What kind of men are these who would do such a thing?
Requescat in pace, Father. May your heavenly crown be glorious
Indeed - the crown of martyrdom. There is no higher honor than to die for Christ.
Muzzies.
This sort of thing happens all the time to black Christians in Nigeria.....attacks on churches, etc..... but the world turns it’s head away and ignores the savagery.
Poop Francis says we have to be tolerant of different religious beliefs, even if they are violent and evil. Those Muslims need to visit the Vatican and meet to discuss joining forces.
Saint John Gbakaan, pray for us.
>> but the world turns it’s head away and ignores the savagery.<<
. That’s the reason we have COVID and BIDEN.
Not men... but animals
Horrific evil, Rest In Peace.
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