Killing of Niger Catholic priest sad development - CAN

• Published date: 22 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

THE leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Saturday described the murder of Rev. Fr. Isaac Achi, the parish priest of Ss Peter and Paul Church, Kafin-Koro in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State as a sad development.

A statement issued on Saturday by the CAN president, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, said: 'With deep sympathy, the national leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) wishes to condole with the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria and the entire Catholic faithful in the country on the gruesome murder of Rev. Fr. Isaac Achi, the Parish Priest of Ss Peter and Paul Church, Kafin-Koro in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State, a few days ago.

'Fr. Achi, who was buried on Friday, has earned his place as a committed servant of God and minister of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ on account of the high standards of ethics and devotion with which he discharged his responsibilities...