Some eyewitnesses have described how the attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, the headquarters of Ondo State’s Owo Local Government Area, occurred on Sunday.
One of them, Taiwo, said he was driving up to the church when he noticed people fleeing and had to come to a halt.
He went on to say that he could only see the attackers, four men, getting into a green Volkswagen car.
He claimed that some Amotekun Corps members arriving in their car gave the hoodlums a furious chase, adding, “I learned the gunmen abandoned their vehicle and fled.”
Another eyewitness said the congregation was caught off guard when the hoodlums started shooting.
According to him, some worshippers fled to avoid being shot while the attackers threw dynamites inside the church, blowing off the altar.
He claimed that when the gunmen opened fire, the church was packed with no less than 500 people.
During the service, the gunmen allegedly used dynamite to blow up the church’s altar, causing part of it to cave in as the gunmen shot many worshipers.
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