Some angry youths have protested the gruesome murder of a Catholic Priest, Rev Father Isaac Achi of St. Peters and Paul Catholic Church in Kaffin-Koro, Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State.
NIGERIACRIME reported that the priest was burnt to death by bandits who attacked his official residence along Daza road, in the early hours of Sunday.
The angry youth reportedly set the police station in the area ablaze due to the alleged slow response of the police to the unfortunate incident.
The angry youths were said to have burnt down several cars and houses including the police outpost, while some people were reportedly injured.
The incident was confirmed by the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Humanitarian Services, Emmanuel Bagna Umar.
He expressed the state government’s dissatisfaction over the incident but maintained that nobody has the right to take laws into his or her for whatever reason.
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He pledged that the government is committed to protecting lives and properties of all citizens, adding that it will not allow any obstruction to law and order.
According to him,” since the incident happened on Sunday, you have seen the commitment of government that is why we are calling on communities to support the government in riding the state of bandits and not to take side by vandalizing government property.
“violence has no place in our communities, we understand the times and trend we are leaving in. No man on this land is permitted to take laws into his or her hands. The same way we go after bandits is the same way we will go after whoever takes laws into his or her hands because we have the responsibility to protect the lives of everyone.”
An on-the-spot assessment of the situation is presently ongoing according to Umar.
Also, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PRO, DSP Wasiu Abiodun confirmed the burning down of the police station in the area by angry youths, saying it was because of the poor response in rescuing the Catholic Priest.
“They are angry that the police could come on time to rescue the Rev Father and this is because his house is about one kilometre from the police station. Before they could mobilize and get to his place to engage the assailants, they had already run away from the scene, when they saw the police coming
“Another problem was that there was no water close by to quickly put out the fire when the police got there to save the Priest.”