Nigerian Priest Killed in Machete Attack, Body Found by Roadside

Nigerian police are investigating the killing of Rev. Fr. Samuel Opeyemi Oyetoro, a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Lokoja. His body was found with multiple machete wounds to his head along a roadside in Ajaokuta, Kogi State, on July 29.

According to Kogi State Police, officers responded to reports of a lifeless body and later identified the victim as Fr. Oyetoro.

The Catholic Diocese of Lokoja confirmed the priest's death in a statement.

He is among thousands of Nigeria Catholics murdered in recent years amid Islamic persecution.

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