On Friday, the Yoruba socio-cultural group Afenifere urged President Muhammadu Buhari and security authorities to find and prosecute the perpetrators of the attack on worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo.
Terrorists killed approximately 40 Catholics during a Solemnity of the Holy Ghost Sunday at St Francis Catholic Church Owa-Iuwa, Owo in Ondo state, according to InsightnaijaTV.
Several people have spoken out against the unwarranted attack on the Christian community.
On Thursday, the leadership of Afenifere paid a condolence visit to Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State, in his office in Alagbaka, Akure, the state capital, where they urged on the nation’s Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, to act.
Afenifere, led by its national leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, and other members such as the deputy national leader, Oba Oladapo Olaitan; former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Gbenga Daniel; Chief Olu Falae; Chief Tunji Alapinni; Chief Sola Ebiseni; Chief Korede Duyile, among others, expressed their condolences to the Governor, the Olowo of Owo, the Catholic
Adebanjo praised Governor Akeredolu for his efforts to secure not only the state but the entire South-West area, saying things could have been much worse if the Amotekun corps had not been established.
He labeled the church attack in Owo as a regrettable scenario and urged Governor Akeredolu to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice.
The assailants, according to Afenifere, are terrorists who must be arrested and held accountable for their horrific crime.
In addition, the organisation gave N1.5 million to the church and the victims of the incident.
Governor Akeredolu responded by thanking them for their condolence visit and stating that his administration would not budge on the Anti-Open Grazing Law.
“What we have suffered is not just gruesome, for me it was like annihilation because these animals in human skin did not come to kidnap, because they picked nobody.”
