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Owo Massacre: Tears at Funeral Mass for Victims

17Jun

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News, Nigeria, Religion, Security, Terrorism, Violence

Owo Massacre: Tears at Funeral Mass for Victims

Victims of the Owo massacre that took place about 13 days ago are to be laid to rest today. A funeral mass for the victims took place today at the Mydas Resort, Owo and had in attendance Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state along with many other dignitaries. Expectedly, there was a huge turnout of people who, either came to pay their last respects or to simply witness the event. Image Source: Daily Post It will be recalled that on the 5th of June 2022, at least 40 worshippers were killed when gunmen invaded the premises of St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, opening fire on the worshippers. See Also: Many Killed In Ondo Catholic Church Attack The attack has heightened security concerns in the entire South-west, with places of worship now beefing up their security to...

Helicopter Shot At Natives, Spared Attackers – Kaduna Villagers

11Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Helicopter Shot At Natives, Spared Attackers – Kaduna Villagers

Some villagers in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have fled their homes following Sunday’s attack that left no fewer than 32 people dead while others were injured. The Kaduna State Government through its Commissioner for International Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the attack. It was gathered that the bloodthirsty terrorists attacked Ugwan Gamu, Dogon Noma, Ungwan Sarki, and Maikori villages near Maro in Kajuru LGA on Sunday, June 5, 2022. This came less than 24 hours after terrorists abducted 14 persons at Iri Station, about 8km from Idon town, Idon Ward of the same Kajuru LGA. It was learnt that the terrorists on Friday killed 25 locals but “as villagers comb surrounding bushes for corpses, seven decomposed bodies were found Monday morni...

Owo Massacre: Terror Attack Targeted At Akeredolu, Message To South-West – Soyinka

11Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Security, Terrorism

Owo Massacre: Terror Attack Targeted At Akeredolu, Message To South-West – Soyinka

Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate and renowned playwright, has described the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, where many worshippers were killed, as a message to the entire people of South-West. Soyinka while paying a condolence visit to Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Friday said the terror attack was targeted at the governor who has been showing leadership in terms of internal liberation of his people, NAN reports. “He (governor) was targeted and there is no question about that. “It was not an accident and it passed a message to the rest of us. That is why I’m here. I want the governor to know that we have received the message. “We understand it and we came to sympathise with him that he was selected as a medium of that message,” Soyinka said. Re...

Kaduna: NAF Helicopter Deliberately Refused To Attack Terrorists – Shehu Sani

10Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Kaduna: NAF Helicopter Deliberately Refused To Attack Terrorists – Shehu Sani

A former Kaduna Central District Senator, Shehu Sani, has provided an insight into the latest terrorist attack in Southern Kaduna. The rampaging terrorists were said to have attacked the area on Wednesday killing over 30 people. And a viral report said that the terrorists this time, came with a helicopter, with which they carried out the operation. But Kaduna State Government, on Thursday, debunked reports of the aerial attack by terrorists, but confirmed that 32 persons were killed in the attack in Kajuru Local Government of the State. It said that the much talked about helicopter belongs to the Nigerian Air Force, which arrived to engage the bandits. Over 150 bandits reportedly stormed the area on motorcycles, and proceeded to raze several houses, as they attacked and...

Soldiers Charged With Killing Nine Civilians In Cameroon

8Jun

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

Armed Forces, Cameroon, Crime, Human Rights, News, Security

Soldiers Charged With Killing Nine Civilians In Cameroon

The army in Cameroon has confirmed that soldiers have killed nine civilians, including an 18-month-old girl. An army spokesman said a group of soldiers opened fire when they encountered hostile villagers in Missong, in the country's North-West region, earlier this month. The spokesman described the use of weapons as "inappropriate and manifestly disproportionate". Cameroon's ministry of defence says four soldiers have been arrested following the shooting. Read Also: Drunk Soldiers Kill 15 in DR Congo An investigation has been launched into the killings. In the same region two years ago, 21 civilians including 13 children and a pregnant woman were killed by Cameroonian soldiers in the village of Ngarbuh. Two soldiers and a gendarme were later charged with murder, a...

Owo Attack: Ondo Women Perform Ritual To Help Arrest Assailants

8Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Owo Attack: Ondo Women Perform Ritual To Help Arrest Assailants

Women in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo state, who were mostly traders at the popular Oja Oba Market in Owo, Ondo State, staged a protest Tuesday to mourn victims of the shooting at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo. The women marched to the church where the incident had occurred. Armed with knives and leaves, the protesters performed traditional rites at the market, invoking the god of Iron (Ogùn) to go after the assailants. They also rained curses on the gunmen. The gunmen had stormed the church on Sunday, as worshippers were marking the Feast of Pentecost and opened fire on the congregation. They also detonated explosives as the worshippers scampered for safety. At least 70 people were killed and injured, according to Oluwole Ogunmolasuyi, the lawmaker represe...

How Native Doctors Aided Attack On My Home – Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer

7Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

How Native Doctors Aided Attack On My Home – Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer

One year after the invasion of his house by security operatives, the lawyer to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Monday, demanded the release of his three staff members who are still being kept in detention. While describing June 6, 2021, as “Black Sunday”, he said the attackers on his house in Oraifite, Anambra State were “aided by two native doctors whose bodies were dotted with charms”. According to him, “the murderers in security uniforms” scaled through his fence and laid siege to his ancestral home from about 2:30am until past 3:30 am, during which time they fired sporadically in different directions and viciously expended live ammunition on his domestic staff. He said during the invasion, his chief driver, Felix Okonkwo, and two o...

Suspected Islamists Kill At Least 18 In East Congo Attack

6Jun

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

Armed Forces, Congo, News, Rwanda, Security, Terrorism, Uganda

Suspected Islamists Kill At Least 18 In East Congo Attack

Suspected Islamists killed at least 18 people in a village raid in eastern Congo on Sunday night, local sources said, while fighting resumed with the M23 rebel group in a neighbouring province. Fighters believed to be from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed residents and burned down houses in the village of Otomabere, in Irumu territory, Ituri province, said a witness, a local chief and a local human rights group. Congolese army spokesman Jules Ngongo confirmed the ADF attack without giving a death toll, and said Congolese forces were in pursuit of the assailants. The ADF is a Ugandan militia that moved to eastern Congo in the 1990s. The group carries out frequent attacks and killed more than 1,300 people between January 2021 and January 2022, according to a United ...

Clueless, Useless Government – Apostle Johnson Suleman Reacts To Owo Church Massacre

6Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Security

Clueless, Useless Government – Apostle Johnson Suleman Reacts To Owo Church Massacre

Apostle Johnson Suleman of the Omega Fire Ministries, Auchi, Edo State has branded the current government as clueless and useless for “calling known gunmen unknown.” Suleman said this while condemning the attack on innocent worshippers at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. The clergyman sympathized with the families of those slain at the Owo massacre. Recall that the church was attacked on Sunday by yet to be identified gunmen, leading to the killing of scores of worshippers. Read Also: Owo Catholic Church Attack: Eternal Sorrow Awaits Perpetrators — Buhari In a tweet via his Twitter handle on Sunday evening, Suleman wrote: “It’s only a clueless and useless Government that calls known gunmen unknown. “History will never forgive privileged men who ...

Owo Catholic Church Attack: Eternal Sorrow Awaits Perpetrators — Buhari

5Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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Owo Catholic Church Attack: Eternal Sorrow Awaits Perpetrators — Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock and sadness over the heinous killing of worshippers on Sunday at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Kingdom, in Ondo State. President Buhari in his condemnation of the dastardly act said that eternal sorrow awaits those behind killing both here on earth and in the hereafter. The President’s expression of grief was contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina. President Buhari in the statement said “only fiends from the nether region could have conceived and carried out such dastardly act, adding that eternal sorrow awaits them both on earth here, and ultimately in the hereafter.” Read Also: Many Killed In Ondo Catholic Church Attack He mourned the dead, ...