Emeka Merenu, a priest with the Church of Nigeria, Anglican
Communion, has been killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in Iheteukwa, Orsu
LGA of Imo state.
Merenu was shot in his parsonage in the early hours of
Tuesday.
A car belonging to the priest, who hails from Amorji
Agbomori in Nkwerre LGA, was also set ablaze.
The killing of the priest comes hours after gunmen invaded
Comprehensive Secondary School, Nkume in Njaba LGA of Imo, and chased away
students who were participating in the ongoing 2021 West African Senior
Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE), on Monday.
TheCable quoting sources reports that suspected hoodlums attacked the
priest in his parsonage for allegedly inviting soldiers to secure the mission
school, where he serves as the principal.
Michael Abattam, police spokesperson in the state said that the command is yet to get such report.
“You are just informing me about this incident. The command
will investigate the matter and make our stand known in no distant time,” he
said.
The development comes amid the sit-at-home order by the
proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which has grounded activities in
parts of the south-east.
Some private school owners in Imo had expressed concern that
the sit-at-home order has disrupted their scheduled resumption of school
activities.
IPOB had, on July 30, ordered a sit-at-home in the
south-east every Monday until Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, is released from the
custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Although the group had later announced a suspension of the
order, there have been attacks in parts of the south-east allegedly linked to
enforcement of the directive.
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