The Organising Secretary of Afenifere, the Pan Yoruba Socio-Cultural body, Apagun Kole Omololu, has condemned in strong words, the gruesome attack and murder of about 50 Worshippers, Sunday morning at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa, Owa, Ondo State.
Afenifere said the attack is a direct attack on the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, for his stand on National issues as well as on Yoruba land. It swore to hunt down the perpetrators. It also said Yoruba will not succumb to intimidation by terrorists.
The statement reads: “The massacre in Owo Catholic Church is a direct attack on Yoruba land.
“It is directed at Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for his unflinching support for security in Yoruba land by championing the Amatekun security outfits, his stringent upholding of the open grazing law, and for his ‘big mouth’ about Southern co-operation for equity and justice in Nigeria.
“We will not succumb into terrorist threats or attack.
“They will not be allowed to bring down our civilisation. We will hunt the killers down. Citizens should not take laws into their own hands by attacking innocent Northerners. Only the terrorists, who are mostly foreign Fulani, should be fished out and finished off by the security forces.
“This attack is to cause confusion and cause war in our land. We should not play into their hands. This evil is condemned in the strongest term.
“We commiserate with the Government and people of Ondo state, the Catholic Church, the Olowo of Owo and the people of Owo. May the soul of the departed rest in peace.”
