More details over the abduction of the Retired Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi, Most Reverend Professor Godwin Okpala.
Some of the details was given by a human right activist and lawyer, Emeka Umeagbalasi who was attacked on December 5, by some gunmen who were said to have been masquerading as freedom fighters.
According to the lawyer, he was travelling alongside members of his family when he was ambushed by the gunmen who he said were chanting ‘Biafra or nothing.
While the criminal made away with his Hilux, the clergyman was not so lucky.
Umeagbalasi , an native of Ezinifitte in Aguata Local Government Area said the Archbishop might have been one of the many who were abducted by the gunmen.
He noted that the description given about the Archbishop’s car appears to fit that of those who were abdcuted on the same day he was attacked.
Umeagbalasi said: “At Ezinifite-Aguata Roundabout on Thursday, December 5, 2024; the armed group members, numbering over fifteen also openly shouted “Biafra or Nothing !!!” amid war-grade shootings, raining of bullets.”
“It is also our strong suspicion that the missing Retired Archbishop of the Nnewi Province of the Anglican Communion, Most Reverend, Godwin Okpala, his driver and their Prado Jeep might have gone missing during the shooting spree and parade of the said Thursday, Dec 5, 2024, in the hands of the armed Counterfeit Biafra Agitators who are likely to have taken them into captivity,” he said.
