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BREAKING: ISWAP Responsible For Ondo Catholic Church Attack – FG by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:31pm On Jun 08, 2022
BREAKING: ISWAP Responsible For Ondo Catholic Church Attack – FG
By Adekunle Dada [Updated] On Jun 9, 2022


Gunmen opened fire and detonated explosives at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo Nigeria, Sunday, June 5, 2022 (AP Photo/Rahaman A Yusuf)

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola said the fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) are responsible for the attack on St Francis Catholic church in Owo, Ondo State.

Aregbesola disclosed this Thursday while briefing State House reporters after a meeting of the National Security Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that some worshippers lost their lives in the explosion that occurred on the church premises while the mass was going on.

The minister said government had been able to locate the perpetrators of the Owo attack and has directed all its attention on ISWAP terrorist group.

Aregbesola and Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, said security agencies had been directed to go after the perpetrators of the act and bring them to justice.

He explained that said the terrorist group was out to pitch Nigerians against one another and make it appear as ethno-religious war.

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Re: BREAKING: ISWAP Responsible For Ondo Catholic Church Attack – FG by Greatzeus(m): 6:35pm On Jun 08, 2022
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Re: BREAKING: ISWAP Responsible For Ondo Catholic Church Attack – FG by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:57am On Jun 09, 2022
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In Rome, Pope Francis offered his condolences to the victims and their family members.

"The pope has learned of the attack on the church in Ondo, Nigeria and the deaths of dozens of worshippers, many children, during the celebration of Pentecost. While the details are being clarified, Pope Francis prays for the victims and the country, painfully affected at a time of celebration, and entrusts them both to the Lord so that he may send his Spirit to console them," the pope said in a statement.

CBN News previously reported that attacks against Christians throughout Nigeria have escalated over the past few years.

The Islamic State (IS) group released a video last month claiming to show the murders of some 20 Christians in northeast Nigeria's Borno State.

In March, Fulani herdsmen reportedly killed 50 Christians and abducted a Catholic priest in Kaduna state.

And Islamic terrorists are suspected of killing 32 Christians and two soldiers in the town of Kagoro, Kaura on March 20.

Open Doors' World Watchlist lists Nigeria as number 7 of the countries in the world where it is most difficult to be a Christian.
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