Armed groups locally known as bandits have killed a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Vitus Borogo, in Kaduna State.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Borogo was murdered on Saturday by the terrorists at a farm in Kujama, along Kaduna-Kachia Road.
The deceased, 50, was the Chaplain of the Catholic Community of the Kaduna State Polytechnic, and the Chairman of the Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests Association (NCDPA), Kaduna Chapter.
Details of his funeral arrangement are expected to be released soon.
A statement on Saturday by Rev Fr Christian Emmanuel of Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, reads in part: “It is with a heavy heart, but with total submission to the will of God that we announce the death of Rev. Fr. Vitus Borogo, which sad event took place today, at Prison Farm, Kujama, along Kaduna-Kachia Road, after a raid on the farm by terrorists. Until his death, Fr Vitus (aged 50) was the Chaplain of the Catholic Community of the Kaduna State Polytechnic, and the Chairman of the Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests Association (NCDPA), Kaduna Chapter.“
