The Catholic diocese of Kafanchan, Kaduna, has announced the gruesome murder of Reverend Father John Mark Cheitnum, one of the two priests abducted from the church’s rectory last Friday.
In a memo sent by Reverend Father Emmanuel Uchechukwu Okolo, the church stated that Mr Cheitnum had been murdered on the same day he was abducted and his decomposing body was found four days later.
“Fr John Mark who was abducted from the rectory of Christ the King Parish Yadin Garu, Lere L.G.A of Kaduna State, was brutally killed by his abductors on the same day of his abduction; Friday 15th July, 2022. His corpse was later discovered already decomposing on Tuesday 19th July, 2022,” reads the memo.
Meanwhile, Reverend Father Donatus Cleophas, who was also abducted alongside Mr Cheitnum, was lucky to have escaped the kidnappers’ den, the memo added.