Father Achi, priest who was burnt to death after surviving Christmas bombing, gunshot, kidnapping

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Father Achi, priest who was burnt to death after surviving Christmas bombing, gunshot, kidnapping

The owners of five bodies out of the 26 have taken them for burial according to their culture,’’ those were the words of Father Isaac Achi, then Catholic priest in charge of St Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, that was hit by Boko Haram on Christmas Day in 2011.

The priest, who survived that incident, where 44 persons were killed, was burnt alive in the early hours of Sunday at his residence opposite Kafin-Koro Secondary School in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State. The deceased priest hailed from the area and was celebrated as the first indigenous Catholic priest from Gbagyi/Koro land.

After his ordination on January 7, 1995, Father Achi was later transferred to Minna Archdiocese of the church from where he was moved to different parishes. He was drawn into the church in his early childhood and was very magnificent until the killers cut short his life’s journey.

According to the police, his assailants decided to burn down the building when they could not access where the priest was.