Sunday, February 16, 2025 - A priest of the Catholic Diocese of Awka, Anambra
State, whose name was given as Rev. Fr Jude Muokwe, has allegedly beaten up a
50-year-old widow, Mrs Ikeorah Maureen.
The priest was said to have used a whip on the widow, flogging her
mercilessly and inflicting multiple injuries on her in the process.
A video of the widow, which is already trending on social media, showed
the primary school teacher crying like a baby, and displaying bodily injuries
inflicted on her by the priest.
The widow is said to be from Ifitedunu community in Dunukofia LGA and
also a teacher in Angel Primary School, Ifitedunu, a school said to be owned
and managed by the Catholic mission.
Though the real cause of the incident has not been ascertained, its said that the widow and some other staff of the school were meeting in
one of the classrooms in the school over salary increment, which they planned
to pass to the management, when the priest came into the classroom and flogged
her mercilessly, to the amazement of everyone.
“I cannot speak to you, I can’t speak especially to someone I do not know about this matter,” the priest said when asked for a comment on the allegations
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