A Catholic priest burnt to death on Sunday after ‘bandits’ set fire to his parish rectory in predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria. There have been numerous attacks on Christians in the region.

The body of Father Isaac Achi was found among the charred parish building of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church yesterday, according to the Catholic Diocese of Minna, Nigeria.

He died after armed bandits attacked the priest’s residence in the village of Kafin Koro at 3 a.m. Another priest at the rectory, Father Collins Omeh, escaped the building, but sustained gunshot wounds and is being treated in a hospital.

Alhaji Sani Bello Abubakar, the governor of the Nigerian state of Niger where the attack took place, described the attack as “ungodly and inhumane” and directed the local security agencies to pursue the attackers, according to The Daily Post.

“This is a sad moment, for a priest to be killed in such a manner means that we are not all safe, these terrorists have lost it, and drastic action is needed to end this ongoing carnage,” Bello said.