The suspended catholic priest, Rev. Fr. James Anelu may be in for more troubles as he is being fingered in a murder of another high-ranking priest in the Benin Archdiocese, late Rev. Fr. Dr. Cyril Ikechukwu Ofoegbu, reports ITREALMS.
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| Late Fr. Ofoegbu and suspended Fr. Anelu ... murder in vatican? |
Late Fr. Ofoegbu’s requiem mass was conducted at St. Paul's Catholic Church Benin City, along the airport road. He hailed from Imo State.
Fr. Anelu, who is on indefinite suspension by the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Dr. Alfred Adewale Martin over his bigotry comment and ban of Igbo songs in his parish at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church Ewa-Owa, Gberigbe, Ikorodu in Lagos on February 6, 2022.
Fr. Anelu who was ordained on October 20, 2001 at Auchi as Diocesan Priest and was suspended with effect from February 8, this year and may be facing a murder charges.
A man who identified himself as Chris Okafor and family friend of late Fr. Ofoegbu had pointed an accusing finger on Fr. James Anelu, alleging that he was serving in Benin Archdiocese when his friend was assassinated by unknown gun men in Asaba.
Okafor in a his allegations entitled “Fr. James Anelu & late Fr. Dr. Cyril Ofoegbu: Murder in the Vatican?” cited by ITREALMS, alleged that with the utterance of Fr. Anelu, he is capable of doing anything to any Igbo let alone a highflying priest like late Fr. Ofoegbu and wants the Catholic Church authority in Vatican to revisit the murder case of his friend.
According to Okafor, “I had a family friend late Fr Cyril
Ofoegbu. He was ordained in 1982 or sometime around the early eighties. He was
ordained in Archdiocese of Benin city by the most urbane holiness; the American
trained Archbishop Pat Ekpu.
“Fr Cyril traversed the entire landscape in the archdiocese
of Benin. He was a compulsive polyglot. He could speak Bini, Urobho, Kwale,
Esan and Auchi! “He had this charming personality of integrating into his
community of service by learning their languages. Lest I forget, he was from Imo
State.
“While in his apostolate trajectory, he never forgot his
books because he strained and got a doctorate degree in Psychology.
“And as Fr Cyril was struggling with his apostolate outside
his home town, the structures took notice. “He was made the Chancellor of the Archdiocese
of Benin. I guess, that position put him up as the number one priest in the
archdiocese after the bishop. Certainly, he made friends and foes.
“The foes he made were those who felt that he had no
business to be the chancellor of archdiocese of Benin. He was perceived as an
invader and as one who wanted to dominate in another’s home. Possibly, his name
must have come up for bishopric along the line. And Fr James Anelu was in Benin
diocese about this time.
"Now, to the sad part. Some years back, Fr Cyril was on
official assignment from Benin to Asaba. He was being driven by his driver. As
they were approaching Asaba, he received a call and he described to the caller
where he was.
"He spoke in English. Few meters along the road, criminals
crossed them in. They shot him specifically and pointedly until he died. They
took his phone and left.
"As usual, the police skirted the edges and closed up the
case. I don’t know if any suspect was arrested. And Fr James Anelu was serving
in Benin then.
"Anyways, I am not saying that Fr. James Anelu knows who
killed Fr Cyril. God forbid a murder in Vatican, but with his blurt and his
magisterial banning of Igbo songs in open church, I think he has capacity to do
a few bad things. He is filled with hate and he couldn’t hide it. He was good
with the offertory being given by his Igbo parishioners but he couldn’t
tolerate a worship song in Igbo language.
"And please, a man filled with hate can do worse things to
satisfy his hate. So, Fr Cyril could
have been murdered because of hate and fear of domination, even when Fr James
Anelu, the hater and scaremonger for domination was in the same diocese with
him.
"Stuff happens you know."
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