BENIN – THE Parish Priest of St. Thomas
Moore Catholic Church, Sobe, in Owan West
Local Government Area of Edo State, Rev.
Father Peter Ayala, was, Sunday morning,
found dead in his apartment, few hours before
he was due to conduct the 7a.m mass.
Vanguard gathered that the cleric was said to
be cleaning his double-barreled gun inside his
apartment within the church premises, when
the gun reportedly went off and killed him.
It was gathered that the incident took place in
the early hours of Sunday before the Priest
dressed up for the mass even as worshippers
were said to be gathering for the service.
The incident, it was learnt, threw the church
into confusion as mass servers and church
elders made frantic efforts to know what went
wrong with congregation waiting for the mass
to begin but found the priest lying death in his
apartment.
The Elders were said have later reported the
incident to the Bishop of the Auchi Diocese, Dr
Gabriel Duniya, who it was gathered conducted
a quick investigation with security agents and
confirmed that the priest died when the rifle
he was cleaning went off.
Meanwhile, Sobe was still in mourning,
yesterday, as the worshippers, irrespective of
their denominations, on hearing the tragic
news gathered near the church premises,
discussing the incident in hush tones.
Contacted, the Edo State Police Public
Relations, DSP Moses Eguavoen said the
incident was unfortunate, adding that the state
command was yet to get the full details of
what transpired before the Priest’s death.
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