UNBELIEVABLE : Nigerian Catholic Priest allegedly shoots his Assistant for flouting his orders.





A Nigerian Catholic Priest in Imo, Rev Father Christian Amusuo, the
parish priest in charge of Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Eziama – Osuama
in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, has been
arrested by the operatives of the state police command for allegedly
shooting his assistant, only identified as Rev Father Precious.
According to Punch Metro,
it gathered that the priest is being held and interrogated at state
Criminal and Investigative Department of the command for alleged
attempted murder case.
Rev Father Amusuo had on June 23 allegedly shot his assistant at the
parish house after a prolonged argument and weeks of acrimony between
the two priests, it was learnt on Tuesday.




The source explained that the clerics have been having issues, which
the parishioners had noticed but could not trace it to anything
tangible.

It was further revealed that the alleged shooting was a last minute
resort by the parish priest to decisively deal with his assistant who he
allegedly accused of being disobedient and flouting his orders.
Angered by the ensuing crisis, Rev Father Amusuo reportedly went into
his room and brought out his gun and fired his assistant, but luckily
the victim did not die as people, especially the parish workers came to
his rescue.
Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer,
Andrew Enwerem, said that upon the receipt of the information, the
commissioner of police, Chris Ezike, ordered an investigation of the
circumstances surrounding the allegation.
Enwerem confirmed that the priest was being held at the state CID in Owerri and his firearm has been recovered by the police.
The Police spokesperson said

“upon the receipt of
the information, the state Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, quickly
ordered for full-blown investigation into the matter. The parish priest
is with us and the firearm has been recovered. We are investigating”.

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