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Home»General News»One Year After Owo Massacre, Bishop Ajakaiye Demands Prosecution Of Culprits
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One Year After Owo Massacre, Bishop Ajakaiye Demands Prosecution Of Culprits

ACNNTVBy ACNNTVJune 6, 2023No Comments2 Mins Read
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St Francis Catholic Church following an explosion in Owo Nigeria, Sunday, June 5, 2022. Lawmakers in southwestern Nigeria say more than 50 people are feared dead after gunmen opened fire and detonated explosives at a church. Ogunmolasuyi Oluwole with the Ondo State House of Assembly said the gunmen targeted the St Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state on Sunday morning just as the worshippers gathered for the weekly Mass. (AP Photo/Rahaman A Yusuf)
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The Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Rev. Felix Ajakaiye, has once again called on the Federal Government to speedily prosecute the masterminds of the deadly Owo massacre.

Recall that a year ago, on June 5, 2022, unknown gunmen attacked St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, leaving scores of worshipper’s dead and others injured.

 

In a statement on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, Bishop Ajakaiye regretted why no prosecution had taken place since the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, announced that arrests had been made.

 

The statement read: “There was outright condemnation within and outside Nigeria against the evil and unprovoked attack. Typically, of the then President Muhammadu Buhari government, it commiserated with the Church, Ondo State and the people concerned, and it promised to arrest the culprits.

 

“Surprisingly, a few months after the attack, addressing a World Press, General Lucky Irabor, the Chief of Defence Staff, informed the world that arrests had been made regarding the Sunday attack at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo.

 

“Unfortunately, to date, 5 June 2023, exactly one year after, we have not heard anything again from the Army General. Now, a question for the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor.

 

“Please, Sir, when shall we be lucky to know what has become of the people you told Nigerians and the whole world were arrested due to their involvement in the massacre of over 41 people and scores of people seriously injured during the Church attack of the worshippers by such people in Owo on 5 June, 2022?

 

“Until an answer is given, we shall keep asking the question. Remember, the cases of the Chibok girls, Leah Sharibu and others are still there.”

Anglican Communion
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