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Oshiomhole's Aides Accussed Of Torturing Catholic Priest
A Catholic priest, Reverend Father Peter Udo,
last weekend was allegedly beaten to a
comatose state by security aides attached to
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State,
Thisday reports.
The priest’s offence was that he refused to
leave the road when the governor’s convoy and
that o his Lagos State counterpart, Babatunde
Fasola’s convoy drove along Amendokhian-
Ugboha Road.
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Nigerians
The priest, who hails from Ujogba, Esan West
Local Government Area of Edo State, was
reportedly on his way to his parish, St. Dennis
Catholic Church, Ugboha, Esan Southeast, when
the incident occured.
Udo is reportedly receiving treatment at an
undisclosed hospital as a result of the serious
beating he was subjected to by the governor’s
aides.
According to a source who spoke to Thisday, “It
is true that one of our priests, Reverend Father
Peter Udo, who is in charge of St. Dennis
Catholic Church Parish in Ugboha was beaten
into a state of coma by aides to Governor
Oshiomhole along Amendokhian-Ugboha Road
when he went to commission the road.
“From what we gathered, the offence of the
priest was that he did not jump into the bush
for the governor’s convoy to pass. He was
humiliated even in his cassock. At the
appropriate time, the Catholic Diocese of Uromi
will react.”
However, the Director of Communication of the
Benin Archdiocese, Reverend Father Stephen
Okojie told Thisday that he was yet to receive
such information.
Reacting, the Chief Press Secretary to the
governor, Mr. Peter Okhiria, denied the beating
of any Catholic priest by the governor’s aides,
describing the report as not only malicious and
wicked, but one which portrayed the source as
the “devil’s advocate”.
It will be recalled that, about a month ago,
Oshiomole revealed real reasons why Jonathan
Administration must go!
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