Journalist and broadcaster Rufai Oseni has reacted to the killing of Anglican priest Venerable Edwin Achi, describing his dying as a focused assault on his religion and one other tragic instance of rising insecurity in Nigeria.
Oseni stated the priest and his spouse had been kidnapped in Kaduna State, and regardless of the household managing to lift the ransom demanded by the abductors, the bandits later instructed them to retrieve the priest’s decomposing physique.
Christian genocide
He argued that the homicide was pushed by non secular hostility and mirrored a wider sample of assaults on Christian communities.
Reverend Achi’s mom untold of son’s passing
He additionally highlighted the emotional devastation confronted by the household, noting that the priest’s aged mom, who’s in her nineties, has nonetheless not been knowledgeable of her son’s dying.
In accordance with him, the incident additional exhibits how insecurity continues to overwhelm households throughout the nation.
He stated …
“Nigeria has occurred to me. When venerable Achi was kidnapped, they raised a ransom for him, it was after his household had paid the ransom that the bandits advised them to go and decide up his decomposing physique. Venerable Achi was killed for his religion, pure and easy. He was a priest, he was a person of the fabric. So when the propagandists begin and say there’s no Christian genocide, me, I’ll inform them the reality. Can I shock you? Venerable Achi’s mom continues to be alive. She’s in her 90s. No person until now has been capable of inform venerable Achi’s mom that her son, who’s in his 60s, was killed after ransom was paid.”
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“Ven. Edwin Achi, Anglican Vicar of the Kaduna Diocese, was okay!ll£d by kidn@ppers due to his Christian religion. Earlier this morning, somebody revealed to me {that a} ransom had been paid for his launch, just for the kidn@ppers to ship an image of his corpse. Now, how do they… https://t.co/HoB6sOJwn0 pic.twitter.com/I7V941ikWb
— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) November 27, 2025
