Samuel Opeyemi Oyetoro, who was found dead with ‘severe’ machete wounds on his head, is among thousands of Nigeria Catholics murdered in recent years amid Islamic persecution. AJAOKUTA, Nigeria (LifeSiteNews) — Father Samuel Opeyemi Oyetoro, a Catholic priest in the Diocese of Lokoja, Nigeria, was gruesomely stabbed to death with a machete last week. On July 29, police responded to reports of a lifeless body found on the side of the road, which was later identified as Fr. The priest, who served as a priest at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Egbe, appears to be the latest cleric to be killed in the African country, where Islamic terrorists have brutally persecuted Christians for several decades. A 2025 Global Christian Relief (GCR) Red List report found that Nigeria is the most dangerous place for Christians in the world.