A gang of armed robbers killed a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Onyeka and his younger brother, Obi Onyeka, while travelling on Owo-Oba-Akoko road, Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Wole Ogodo, who confirmed this to our correspondent on Monday, said the robbers were operating on the road when the victims run into them.
He explained that the deceased were in a Toyota Highlander Jeep when the robbers came out of the bush and shot at their vehicle.
The Police spokesman added that the robbers' bullets hit the petrol tank of the ill-fated vehicle while the driver was trying to escape. The vehicle, he said, caught fire and burnt the deceased. He added that the priest's driver sustained injury and had been taken to an undisclosed hospital for medical treatment.
Ogodo, however, said the men of the command were on the trail of the bandits while investigation had started. He assured the travellers on the road of adequate security.
The PPRO said, "On getting the information of the incident, our patrol team quickly went to the scene to rescue the surviving driver and deposit the corpses of the deceased in a mortuary."
It was gathered that the deceased were travelling from Lagos State to Ugbe-Akoko in Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State when they met their untimely death.
Meanwhile, the Director of Social Communications of the Catholic Diocese of Ondo, Reverend Father Leo Aregbesola, when contacted on the telephone, said he had yet to receive the information as of the time of filing this report.

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