Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has summoned an emergency meeting of all heads of security agencies in the state.
Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
The statement did not say the purpose of the emergency meeting, however, it is believed to be connected to the killing of a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Paul Offu.
Fr. Offu, who hails from Okpatu in Udi Local Government Area of the state, was the parish priest of St. James the Greater Parish, Ugbawka in Nkanu West Local Government.
The Director of Communication, Catholic Diocese of Enugu, Rev. Fr. Benjamin Achi, had said the deceased was taken away and killed along Ihe-Agbudu Road in Awgu Local Government Area of the state.
The spokesman also said another Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ikechukwu Ilo, escaped assassination on June 19.He said Ilo was still recuperating from the gunshots he received along Numeh-Nenwe road in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state.
Catholic priests have begun protesting the attack on the clergy in Enugu.
