Unknown gunmen on Friday killed a 38-year-old Catholic priest, Reverend Father Luke Adeleke, in Ogun State.
Daily Report Nigeria gathered that the clergyman was shot dead Friday evening while returning from a mass on Christmas eve.
The assailants reportedly waylaid the priest at Ogunmakin, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the State, and shot him dead.
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“Reverend Father Luke Adeleke was shot dead by gunmen while coming back from a mass on the Eve of the Christmas,” a source said.
“Fr. Luke Adeleke was said to have left his Parish to an outstation church to celebrate the Christmas Vigil Mass.
“We learnt that he was on his way back when some gunmen attacked and killed him.
“He was said to have been transferred from Gotta Parish Ogun State to another Parish before the unfortunate incident,” another source said.
The incident has since been confirmed by the Ogun State Police Command.
The command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the gunmen engaged the police in an exchange of fire but escaped with bullets wounds.
He said, “It happened in Ogunmakin in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state on Friday.
“The policemen engaged the gunmen in gunfire. Some of them escaped with bullets wounds.”
