Katsina, 16 October, 2023 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
Fr. Faustinus Gundu succumbed to “a natural sickness”; he was not struck by lightning, an official of the Nigeria Catholic Diocesan Priests Association (NCDPA) has said.
In a message shared with ACI Africa on Monday, October 16, the NCDPA Provincial Chairman, Fr Mchia Michael, faults news reports claiming that Fr. Gundu, who died on October 12 was struck by lightning while removing clothes from a washing line.
Fr. Gundu was experiencing health challenges, which forced him to withdraw from some public functions since the beginning of the year, Fr. Michael says about the late member of the Clergy of Nigeria’s Katsina-Ala Diocese, who was serving as Parish Priest of St. Joseph Jootar Catholic Church of the Nigerian Diocese.
Fr. Michael adds, "Fr. Gundu has been in and out of the hospital. Recently, he got a little better and did a marathon tour of his Deanery and after that he went down again.”
"The death of Fr. Faustinus Gundu is not a result of thunderstorm or lightning. Fr. died of a natural sickness that can kill anyone, the rich and the poor alike. The righteous and the unrighteous. Sinners and non-Sinners. The old and the young. Priests and the laity," the NCDPA Provincial Chairman emphasizes.
