More reports on the abduction of the Retired Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi, Most Reverend Professor Godwin Okpala emerges.
Lawyer Emeka Umeagbalasi revealed more details about the attack on December 5, 2024. According to the lawyer, the incident happened while he was travelling with his family when a group of people came out shouting “Biafra or nothing.”
Lawyer Umeagbalasi who is a native of Ezinifitte in Aguata Local Government Area stated that the Archbishop might be among the ones abducted.
Umeagbalasi said: “At Ezinifite-Aguata Roundabout on Thursday, December 5, 2024; the armed group members, numbering over fifteen also openly shouted “Biafra or Nothing !!!” amid war-grade shootings, raining of bullets.”
“It is also our strong suspicion that the missing Retired Archbishop of the Nnewi Province of the Anglican Communion, Most Reverend, Godwin Okpala, his driver and their Prado Jeep might have gone missing during the shooting spree and parade of the said Thursday, Dec 5, 2024, in the hands of the armed Counterfeit Biafra Agitators who are likely to have taken them into captivity.”