Gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria’s Ondo state throughout mass on Sunday, killing a number of folks, native media reported.
A physician at a health facility in Owo, a the town within the state in Nigeria’s southwest, advised Reuters that “a number of worshippers have been introduced in useless”.
Funmilayo Ibukun Odunlami, police spokesperson for Ondo state, mentioned “there was once an incident nowadays on the Saint Francis Catholic Church in Owo” and police would factor a remark quickly.
Native media mentioned gunmen had fired at worshippers and detonated explosives on the church.
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Africa’s maximum populous nation has witnessed assaults and kidnappings for ransom via armed gangs, most commonly in its northwest. Such assaults are uncommon in southwestern Nigeria.
Ondo state governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu mentioned he was once heading again to the state from the capital Abuja after the “unprovoked assault and killing of blameless folks of Owo.”
“We will dedicate each to be had useful resource to seek down those assailants and lead them to pay,” he mentioned in a remark.