By Andrew Ojih
The leader of the Southern Conference of the United Methodist Church of Nigeria UMCN, Rev. Philip Micah Dopah on Friday condemned the killing of a Catholic cleric, Rev. Fr David Tanko in Takum LGA of Taraba state.
Dopah who stated this in Jalingo while speaking with Blueprint said the state government must investigate what led to the killing of the priest.
He noted that the killing of the priest was quite unfortunate, stressing that the act was condemnable by all people of goodwill.
Dopah, who condoled with the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Jalingo, Most Rev. Dr. Charles Hammawa, the entire Catholic family and the immediate family of late Rev. Fr. David Tanko urged security agencies to deploy their intelligence to unmask those behind his death.
“We condemn this dastardly act in its entirety and call on security agencies to deploy all their intelligence to unmask those behind this evil act.
“This is a period of sober reflection for us in Taraba and all people of good conscience.
We must use this period to think out the possible way to tackle this growing insecurity in our land,” he explained.
Rev. Fr. Tanko was killed between Kasuan Haske and Tor-Tsee village on his way to his station at Amadu from Takum on Wednesday.