Shocking Reason why Police arrest 4 Reverend Fathers in Imo
Four priests of the Roman Catholic Church have been arrested by the officers of the Nigerian police in Imo state for reportedly masterminding the protest that turned violent in the state.
The police authority said Danjuma Ragga,
the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) for Ahiazu Mbaise, was shot during
the protest on Saturday, according to Punch.
The DPO was said to have been shot by
irate youths from the church, a statement by the state police public
relations officer, Mr Andrew Enwerem, said.
The statement added that the
vicar-general of the Ezinihite Diocese of the church, Reverend Father
Clement Ebii, had hosted the national president of the Catholic Women
Organisation (CWO) of the Saint Rose Catholic Church and that this
sprang up the protest.
The police said immediately the
information of the event was made known, the youths, who gathered at the
Mater Ecclesiae Catholic Cathedral in Ahiazu Mbaise local government
area, gathered themselves and rushed to the parish to stop it.
The irate youths set up bonfires, barricaded the highway, and disrupted the peace of the town, the report said.
Ragga, who got wind of the development,
was said to have drafted a team of policemen from the division to help
douse tension since the church was already looking at their grievance.
Allegedly led by a reverend father, the
youths hauled missiles at the police and the DPO and threatened to burn
down police patrol vans with which the officers came as well as disarm
the police officers.
The DPO was later allegedly shot on the leg and hand during the protest.
Commissioner of police in the state, Taiwo Lakanu, while speaking on the incident, said: “I assure you that all those involved in the shooting of the DPO will be fished out and prosecuted.
“I hereby order that the cathedral be put under lock and key to avoid further violence.”
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