Legio Maria Church members storm Siaya police station

Legio Maria Church members outside Siaya Police Station where they staged a demonstration to demand for the prosecution of four people suspected to have allegedly kidnapped one of their priests. [PHOTO: ISAIAH GWENGI / STANDARD]

Operations at Siaya police station were disrupted yesterday after more than 100 members of Legio Maria Church stormed there, demanding urgent prosecution of four church members suspected of abducting a church priest in what police link to factional wars in the church.

Waving placards and chanting “Ave! Ave Maria!" the faithfuls, some armed with wooden swords tried to storm the police station to confront the suspects linked to the disappearance of Fr. Ibrahim Wasonga from Bondo on Saturday night.