Tragedy struck in Enugu State on Friday evening as gunmen shot dead a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Mathew Eya, in Eha-Ndiagu community, Eha-Alumonah, Nsukka Local Government Area.
Fr. Eya, who served as parish priest of St. Charles Catholic Church, was returning from Enugu when he was attacked. Witnesses said the assailants, riding on a motorcycle, trailed his car near the site of an ongoing hospital project.
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They reportedly shot at his tyres to force the vehicle to stop before firing multiple rounds at him at close range.
While some initially suspected a kidnapping attempt, community members believe it was a targeted assassination since the priest was alone and no effort was made to abduct him. “They forced his car to stop and then shot him repeatedly. It didn’t look like a kidnap case,” a source said.
The late priest hailed from Ugbaike, in Enugu Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area. As of the time of this report, neither the police nor the Catholic Diocese of Nsukka had issued an official statement on the killing.
