Journalist and broadcaster Rufai Oseni has reacted to the killing of Anglican priest Venerable Edwin Achi, describing his death as a targeted attack on his faith and another tragic example of rising insecurity in Nigeria.
Oseni said the priest and his wife were abducted in Kaduna State, and despite the family managing to raise the ransom demanded by the kidnappers, the bandits later instructed them to retrieve the priest’s decomposing body.
Christian genocide
He argued that the murder was driven by religious hostility and reflected a wider pattern of attacks on Christian communities.
Reverend Achi’s mother untold of son’s passing
He also highlighted the emotional devastation faced by the family, noting that the priest’s elderly mother, who is in her nineties, has still not been informed of her son’s death.
According to him, the incident further shows how insecurity continues to overwhelm families across the country.
He said …
“Nigeria has happened to me. When venerable Achi was kidnapped, they raised a ransom for him, it was after his family had paid the ransom that the bandits told them to go and pick up his decomposing body. Venerable Achi was killed for his faith, pure and simple. He was a clergyman, he was a man of the cloth. So when the propagandists start and say there’s no Christian genocide, me, I will tell them the truth. Can I surprise you? Venerable Achi’s mother is still alive. She’s in her 90s. Nobody till now has been able to tell venerable Achi’s mother that her son, who’s in his 60s, was killed after ransom was paid.”
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“Ven. Edwin Achi, Anglican Vicar of the Kaduna Diocese, was k!ll£d by kidn@ppers because of his Christian faith. Earlier this morning, someone revealed to me that a ransom had been paid for his release, only for the kidn@ppers to send a picture of his corpse. Now, how do they… https://t.co/HoB6sOJwn0 pic.twitter.com/I7V941ikWb
— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) November 27, 2025
