Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Saturday, killed the Chaplain of the Catholic Community of the Kaduna State Polytechnic, Rev. Fr. Vitus Borogo, on the farm on Kaduna-Kachia Road.
The Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, Rev. Fr. Christian Emmanuel, disclosed this via a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday.
Emmanuel said the Catholic Chaplain was killed at Prison Farm, Kujama, along Kaduna-Kachia Road, after a raid on the farm by suspected bandits.
He said: “Fr Borogo was aged 50 and 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.
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“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.”
Emmanuel added that details of Borogo’s funeral arrangement would be announced soon.
“Meanwhile we commit his soul to the maternal intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and call on all men and women of goodwill to continue to pray for the peaceful repose of his soul and for the consolation of his bereaved family, especially his mother,” he added.
However, the Kaduna State Police Command had yet to react to the incident as of press time.
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