ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 26, 2025 / 15:28 pm

Father Matthew Eya was returning to his parish, St. Charles in Eha-Ndiagu, Nigeria, on the night of Sept. 19 when at least two armed men on motorcycles shot his car tires. Forced to stop the car, the men then shot him several times at close range, killing him. According to accounts of witnesses reported by Fides , his death was not a failed kidnapping attempt but a targeted murder.

He had been traveling on the Ehalumona-Nsukka road in Enugu state, an area ravaged by violence from Fulani militias and extremist groups.

Violence against Catholic priests in Nigeria continues to increase, especially in the eastern part of the country. According to a report by the NGO International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), publis

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