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Ondo Church Massacre An Affront To Yoruba Race - Olubadan

Ondo Church Massacre An Affront To Yoruba Race – Olubadan

The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, has described Sunday’s killings during a mass at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, as an affront to the Yoruba race.

Oba Balogun made this known in a statement on Monday which was signed by his media aide, Mr Oladele Ogunsola, to commiserate with victims and their families.

He appealed to the six governors in the South-West region to wake up to their responsibility of securing the lives and property of their people.

He said such an attack should be made the last of its kind in the region, saying a …

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Uganda’s Kanungu Cult Massacre That Killed 700 Followers

Judith Ariho does not shed any tears as she recalls the church massacre in which her mother, two siblings and four other relatives were among at least 700 people who died.

Exactly 20 years ago, in south-western Uganda’s Kanungu district, they were locked inside a church, with the doors and windows nailed shut from the outside. It was then set alight.

Two decades on, the horror of the event is still too much for Ms Ariho, who appears to only be able to cope with the trauma by closing herself off from the emotion.

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Bio: Asaba Massacre: Untold Story Of Tragedy And Carnage

For the past 52 years, the people of Asaba in Delta State have been living in deep sorrow and anguish. They have been swimming in the ocean of misery and trauma as a result of the Nigeria-Biafra civil war.

Honourable Chike Osadebey, son of Dennis Osadebey, former premier of the now defunct Mid-Western Region of Nigeria, told Daily Sun in Asaba last Thursday that because Asaba is a closely-knit community, every family was a victim of the “abomination in Asaba,” as Chinua Achebe described it.

“If you dig deep, it seems that everybody in Asaba is related to one …