NIGERIA (Anambra) – Two Catholic Priests escaped death yesterday when some hoodlums attacked Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State and set the Parish house ablaze.

It was reported that the incident occurred when Fr. Onukwuba was celebrating morning mass inside the church building, while Fr. Oguejiofor was in the fathers’ house.

CEOAFRICA.com also gathered that the attackers started their operation in the early hours, shooting sporadically in the air and into the parish house.

The Priests said when the attack was much, they had to scale through the fence into the neighbourhood compound in order to avoid being burnt alive.

Fr. Onukwuba added that when the attackers couldn’t get him and his associate priest, set the two-storey building ablaze including the boy’s quarters.

The Divisional Police Officer at Ogidi, Mr. Yusuf Abdul who confirmed the incident, said he had deployed some policemen to the church premises to effect more arrests and investigation into the cause of the attack is ongoing.