Ondo Church Massacre: Eternal Sorrow Awaits Perpetrators On Earth And Hereafter – Buhari; CAN Mourns

By Ayodele Oni

President Mohamadu Buhari has flayed the gruesome killing of some Christian Worshippers in Owo, Ondo state on Sunday.

Gunmen, using a combined of explosives and fire-power  attacked St. Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Road, Owo, Ondo State, and killed about 50 Worshippers.

The President, in a statement by his Spokesman, Femi Adesina, 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.

The statement said that

President Buhari “mourns the dead, condoles with their families, the Catholic Church, and the Government of Ondo State, charging emergency agencies to swing into action, and bring succor to the wounded.

“No matter what, this country shall never give in to evil and wicked people, and darkness will never overcome light. Nigeria will eventually win.”

Also, Ondo State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), has condemned the Sunday attack on the Catholic Church, in Owo.

CAN in a statement stated that there is no justification for the attack, describing it as barbaric.

CAN’s statement, signed by Daisi Ajayi, Director of Information on behalf of tge Chairman, said: “The killings of some innocent souls in the name of whichever guise is the highest criminality everybody should rise up and condemned in our society.

“How can some people just wake up from no where and decided to kill his or her fellow men unjustly without any recourse to the judgement of God.

“The Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria, Ondo State chapter, Rev Fr. Anselm Ologunwa, who expressed shock over the dastardly act described the incident as ungodly.

He said: “The incident is one of the numerous cases happening under the security challenges facing the country which he called on president Mohammad Buhari to address this squarely.

“No where is safe in Nigeria with the recent kidnapping of Prelate of the Methodist church and two others on the road, the train and on the  air and now is inside the Church of God.

“Today being the feast of the Pentecost Sunday in the history of the Catholic Church, the  Holy Spirit of God will definitely fight for those that were killed in the incident.”

CAN called on Ondo State Government and Security Agencies in the State to, as a matter of urgency, go after the perpetrators of this herenious act and bring them to justice.

It condoled with the families of those who lost their loved ones in the incident, the Catholic community and the entire state and prayed God to give them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.

The Christian group affirmed that the Christian Association of Nigeria, in Ondo State will continue to promote religious harmony and equal opportunities for all in the State without discrimination.

It admonished the people of the state to complement governor Akeredolu’s effort on their security and always be security conscious at all times.