Brother Godwin Eze - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 25 Oct 2023 23:02:07 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Brother Godwin Eze - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Nigerian Church reeling from relentless kidnappings https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/10/26/nigerian-church-reeling-from-relentless-kidnappings/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 04:51:23 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=165343 Brother Godwin Eze, one of three Benedictine monks kidnapped by an armed gang on the night of 17 October from the Eruku Monastery in North Central Nigeria, has been killed by his captors. The other two abducted postulants, Anthony Eze and Peter Olarewaj, were freed on 21 October. Brother Godwin Eze was killed soon after Read more

Nigerian Church reeling from relentless kidnappings... Read more]]> Brother Godwin Eze, one of three Benedictine monks kidnapped by an armed gang on the night of 17 October from the Eruku Monastery in North Central Nigeria, has been killed by his captors.

The other two abducted postulants, Anthony Eze and Peter Olarewaj, were freed on 21 October. Brother Godwin Eze was killed soon after being taken by the gunmen.

According to the two freed postulants, a large group of armed men, described as a gang of Fulani herdsmen, attacked the Monastery's novitiate dormitory around 1 am on 17 October. About 10 novices and postulants were in the building, sleeping.

Three were captured and forced to walk barefoot into a forest. Upon reaching the bank of a river, the bandits shot Brother Godwin and threw his body into the water. The bandits then threatened the two postulants with machetes.

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