Rev. Fr. Vitus Borogo, the chaplain of the Catholic Community at the Kaduna State Polytechnic, was killed on Saturday on a farm off Kaduna-Kachia Road by alleged bandits.
According to a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kaduna by Rev. Fr. Christian Emmanuel, the Chancellor of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, the incident was true.
According to Emmanuel, late Fr. Borogo was murdered at Prison Farm, Kujama, along the Kaduna-Kachia Road, following a raid on the farm by alleged terrorists.
The Kaduna Chapter of the Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests Association (NCDPA) was headed by Father Borogo, a 50-year-old chaplain for the Catholic Community at the Kaduna State Polytechnic.
The Catholic Archbishop of Kaduna, the Most Rev. Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso, expresses his condolences on behalf of the deceased’s immediate family, the NFCS Family of Kaduna Polytechnic, and the entire Kaduna Polytechnic Community. He assures them of his prayers and close friendship.
He promised to give as much notice as possible regarding the specifics of his funeral arrangements.
He continued, “In the meantime, we commit his soul to the maternal intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and call upon all men and women of goodwill to continue to pray for the peaceful repose of his soul and for the consolation of his bereaved family, especially his mother.”
In response to a request for comment regarding the incident, DSP Mohammed Jalige, the Kaduna State Police Command’s spokesman, promised to look into it and get back to the NAN correspondent with more information.
