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Ondo: Burial Mass Begins For Owo Church Massacre Victims 

Ondo: Burial Mass Begins For Owo Church Massacre Victims 

It was a sad spectacle as thirteen days after the terror attack by gunmen on worshippers at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, the pre-announced funeral mass for the deceased victims has commenced today.

In the gory attack that threw the state into pandemonium, no fewer than 40 persons were gruesomely murdered on June 5 when daredevil gunmen rained bullets on the worshippers during service.

The funeral mass for the unfortunate victims began at 10:00 am after the caskets bearing the bodies of the deceased were brought in.

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Soyinka Describes Owo Massacre As Message To South-West

Soyinka Describes Owo Massacre As Message To South-West

Popular Nobel Laureate, renowned playwright and social critic, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, where many worshippers were killed, as vendetta killing which was meant to send a message to the entire people of South-West.

Soyinka made his view known on Friday while paying a condolence visit to Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu over the terror attack last Sunday.

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He described the attack as a message and said it was targeted at the governor who has been showing leadership in terms of …

Breaking: Suspects Related To Owo Church Massacre Nabbed

Breaking: Suspects Related To Owo Church Massacre Nabbed

In a surprising turn of events, some of the alleged attackers of the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, have been nabbed and detained by the Ondo State police.

A trending video shows a crowd protesting within the palace of the Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye.

One of them could be heard saying: “They want to take them (suspects) to Akure. The youths are angry.”

Gunmen, last Sunday, invaded the church and murdered several worshippers, including women and children in Ondo.

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The death toll has hit …

CAN Condemns ‘Outrageous’ Owo Attack, Calls For Action

CAN Fumes Over Owo Church Massacre, Mourns Victims

As condolences and sorrowful messages pour in over the gruesome attack on a Catholic Church in Owo, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the killing of worshipers at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State.

Recall that gunmen had stormed the church on Sunday and killed over 50 worshipers, while several others sustained gunshot injuries.

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Reacting, CAN, in a statement issued by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, media assistant to the CAN President, His Eminence, Rev Dr Samson Ayokunle, described the development as “outrageous”.

“The leadership of the Christian