BREAKING: Reverend Father burned by bandit.

Armed bandit have burned Reverend Father Isaac Achi to death in the Catholic Church deanery in Kaffinkoro town, Psikoro local government area, Niger state. NewsReport gathered.

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Reverend Father Collins, his aide in the church, also received bullet wounds and was taken to the hospital right afterwards.

THISDAY gathered that the gunmen in their numbers stormed the town in the early hours of Sunday shooting sporadically and ransacking homes in the community.

According to sources the bandits rounded up the vicarage and set the place on fire before shooting the assistant of the Reverend father Achi who was trying to escape.

The State Christian Association Of Nigeria Secretary, Pastor Raphael Opawoye, confirmed the incident to THISDAY this morning describing the incident as ” unfortunate and Sad”

Opawoye also described the incident as ” a black Sunday” adding that officials of CAN have rushed to the area to get more information.

The deceased is described as the CAN coordinator in Paikoro local government area.

At the time of filing this report the police could not be reached for comment on the incident.