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Catholics all over Nigeria will on Tuesday, May 22, embark on solemn peaceful protests across the country.
According to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), the protests are aimed at showing the Church’s displeasure about the incessant killings going on in different parts of the country.
The protests will coincide with the burial of two priests and 17 parishioners killed by marauding herdsmen last month.
Reverend Fathers Joseph Gor and Felix Tyolaha and 17 worshippers were at a morning Mass when the killers struck at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Ukpor-Mbalom, Gwer East LocL Government Area of Benue State on April 24.
Tuesday’s demonstrations will hold in major cities across the country.
In Ibadan, the solemn protests being organised by the Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan will begin with a procession from the Seminary of SS Peter and Paul, Bodija, and end at the Govenor’s office.
Similar rallies will hold in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and cities.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos will hold a requiem mass for the two slain priests at St. Leo Catholic Church, Ikeja, by 10.00 a.m. and immediately after the mass, there will be a peaceful procession from the church to the Lagos State Governor’s Office at Alausa, Ikeja.