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Black Sunday: How Fulani Herdsmen Killed Many At St Francis Catholic Church – Fr. Abayomi

by Udeze Udeze
June 5, 2022
in Crime Watch
How Fulani Herdsmen Killed Many At St Francis Catholic Church

How Fulani herdsmen killed many at St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, Ondo State has been narrated by a one of the parish priests at the Sunday mass.

 

Newsonline reports that one of the Catholic priests, at St Francis Catholic Church, has narrated how armed Fulani herdsmen allegedly invaded the church at mass hour and killed many, while others got injured.

 

Reverend Father Andrew Abayomi, who was at the mass during the massacre lamented that the worshipers were in the church when alleged armed herdsmen came into the church and opened fire on them.

 

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Fr Abayomi stated that when the alleged Fulani herdsmen entered the church compound, the worshipers were quick to lock the church for 20 minutes, but, that could not deter the invading criminals.

 

Father Abayomi said when the armed men could not break into the church, they opened  fire and broke the church.

 

He lamented that about 25 lives were loss in the massacre and many injured.

 

Newsonline had reported that armed men, attacked St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, Ondo State, which led to the death of many and injured ones.

 

Father Abayomi said, “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.”

 

The governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu and the president Muhammadu Buhari, have described the attack as barbaric and uncalled for while assuring that the perpetrators will be brought to book.

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