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Unknown gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the priest in charge of St. John’s Catholic Church, Obinomba in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State.
It was gathered that the priest simply identified as Rev. Fr. Harrison, was kidnapped at about 8 p.m. on Monday as he was passing through a bad spot in Oria-Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state.
The priest was said to be returning to his base from Warri in his Highlander Jeep.
The kidnappers, according to witnesses, shot sporadically into the air to prevent resistance and scare away passers-by at the scene of the operation.
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped Rev. Fr. Harrison, the priest in charge of St. John’s Catholic Church, Obinomba in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State.
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The independent investigative panel on violation of rights by the defunct SARS and other police units on Monday ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to arrest four police officers allegedly involved in the extrajudicial killing of one Ovoke Onomrerhino, who was alleged to be an armed robber on June 29, 2019, in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State.
The father of the deceased, Mr Godwin Onomrerhino, had petitioned the panel on behalf of his son, alleging that the deceased was extra-judicially killed by a former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Abraka Police Division, Delta State, CSP Hassah Isah and others.