KADUNA — Suspected armed bandits have murdered the Chaplain of the Catholic Community of the Kaduna State Polytechnic Priest, Rev Fr. Vitus Borogo on Saturday.
Rev Fr. Christian Emmanuel of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, saying the priest was killed at his Prison Farm in Kujama, along Kaduna-Kachia Road, after a raid on the farm..
Part of the statement read: “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.
“Most Rev. Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso, the Catholic Archbishop of Kaduna condoles with the immediate family, the NFCS Family of Kaduna Polytechnic, and indeed the entire Kaduna Polytechnic Community; and assures them of his fraternal closeness and prayers”.
Until his death, the 50-year-old priest was also the Chairman of the Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests Association (NCDPA), Kaduna Chapter.
