Bereaved Families, Survivors Of Owo Catholic Church Massacre Narrate Bitter Experiences One Year AfterSaharaReporters had reported that terrorists attacked and murdered over 40 Catholic faithfuls duri
ng a Solemnity of the Holy Ghost Sunday at St Francis Catholic Church Owa-Iuwa, Owo in Ondo State.The survivors and the bereaved families of the terrorist attack at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, have continued to mourn the tragic incident which happened exactly a year ago.
A year after the tragic tragedy, a merchant, Monogbe Rita, who lost her husband and two sisters-in-law, told newsmen that the incident would stay indelible in her memory. “My daughter, who was trailing his dad before he was eventually shot alongside his sister, ran back for her life but he was given a hot chase by one of the attackers, and the gunman pursuing her shot her. The bullet slightly hit her on the head and she managed to roll under a car parked on the premises.
Mrs. Stella Ogbefun also expressed her grief that her grandson, who was studying pharmacy at the University of Benin, UNIBEN, was murdered in the event. “Upon the arrival of the parents, they met me in an inconsolable state, as they tried to comfort me, they got the wind of the death of their child, they couldn’t hold it anymore, they left me and started sprawling on the floor. Tony was later buried.”
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