Breaking News: Archbishop Kattey of Niger Delta Kidnapped by Gunmen
Most Rev. Ignatius Ogboru Kattey, the Dean, Archbishop and Bishop of Niger Delta North Anglican Communion of Nigeria, was last night kidnapped by yet to be identified gunmen in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State.
The
clergyman, along with his wife, Beatrice was captured on Aleto bridge,
Eleme in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, but the wife was
later found abandoned in their car.
The whereabouts of the archbishop remains unknown.
Sources
said the Archbishop and the wife were driving to Port Harcourt late on
Friday to beat the traffic restrictions Saturday morning, occasioned by
the monthly environmental Sanitation. Unknown to them, the exercise
would not hold because of the GCE-WAEC examination taking place today.
Rivers
State has been experiencing a rising tide of insecurity since Police
Commissioner, Mbu Joseph Mbu
was posted to the state.
Just
last week, Felix Igwe, Commissioner for Sports was shot by unidentified
gunmen around Eleme Inter-Change, Eleme axis of Port Harcourt and he is
receiving treatment.
In
the hierarchy of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop Kattey who was made
a Dean of Anglican Communion in Nigeria about a year ago, is next to
the Primate, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh.
Most
Rev. Ignatius Crosby Ogborun Kattey (Justice of the Peace) was born in
the small Nchia Town called Alode in Eleme Local Government Area of
Rivers State on 23 August, 1948. His father was Chief Amos Kattey who
was himself a devout Christian, church leader, produce merchant, trader,
farmer and Government Recognized Second Class Traditional Ruler of
Nchia Kingdom. His mother was Mrs. Margaret Ada Kattey.
He
attended St. Paul’s Catholic School Obigbo (now Oyigbo) from 1954 to
1959. For his secondary education, he attended the National High School
Aba and graduated with a Grade One in West African School Certificate
Examination.
He
had his university education at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (beehive
of Academic excellence) where he graduated in Mechanical Engineering in
1976.
Arch.
Bishop Kattey was born-again in 1971 through the ministry of the
Scripture Union. He is the Chairman, All Anglican Clergy Conference of
the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) and also the Chairman of
Christian Council of Nigeria, South South Area Council.
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