The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has strongly condemned the terrorist attack and killing of many innocent worshippers during a church service at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, on Sunday June 5.
WITHIN NIGERIA had earlier reported some worshippers lost their lives in the explosion that occurred on the church premises while the mass was going on.
Reacting in a pinned tweet, Catriona Laing wrote: “Terrible news today from Owo in Ondo state.
“I condemn those responsible for this horrific crime.
“I extend my sympathies to all those affected.”
This publication also reported that in an interview with BBC Yoruba, Rev Father Andrew Abayomi, one of the priests in the church said suspected terrorists struck as the day’s service was about to end.
“We were about to round off service. I had even asked people to start leaving, that was how we started hearing gunshots from different angles.”
“We hid inside the church but some people had left when the attack happened. We locked ourselves in the church for 20 minutes. When we heard that they had left, we opened the church and rushed victims to the hospital.”
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