AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest killed in southern Nigeria

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

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Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Fr. Jude Egbom was shot dead by armed men on the evening of Monday 10 September 2018 in Nigeria", reports the Facebook page of the diocese of Orlu, in the State of Imo in southern Nigeria.
At the moment the exact circumstances of the priest’s death are not clear. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides, 12/9/2018)