It was a painful death for Brother Mark Onyekachi Godwin Eze, a young Catholic who dedicated himself to a life of prayers, chastity, poverty, seclusion and celibacy under the Novice Monk program of the Benedictine Monastery, Iruku, in Kwara State, Nigeria, was abducted from the monastery recently by suspected kidnapper and murdered.
The late monk hailed from Ezilo Enugu-Ezike, in Enugu State. His abductors after killing him, thrown his remains into the river for reasons known to them.
According to a Facebook post in a group, ‘We are Catholic’, he will be buried on November 22, 2023, at the Monastery, while his funeral will hold on December 2, 2023, at St Mary’s Parish, Enugu-Ezike by 10.00 am.
Many thousands who read and viewed the post have laud curses on his killers. May his soul rest in peace.