A Reverend Father at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, which was attacked by gunmen on Sunday, has narrated how the attackers launched their wicked invasion.
According to Rev. Andrew Abayomi, many worshippers were killed despite the security measures taken by the church.
He said, “We were about to finish service. Immediately we asked people to leave, we began to hear the sound of gunshots and dynamite from different angles. We immediately asked people to run back inside the church and shut the door.
“We hid inside the church but some people had left when the attack happened. We locked ourselves in the church for about 20 minutes. When we heard that they had left, we opened the church and rushed victims to the hospital.”
A story by ‘The Punch’ also indicates that some people were also killed outside the church.
“I heard the sound of gunshots. They (the attackers) first shot the Ice Cream seller. They later went into the church and started shooting. They used the dynamite to gain entrance into the church.
“It happened immediately the Father announced that ‘worship has ended, go home in peace’. No one was kidnapped. I drove the Father to hospital and brought him back,” an eye witness was quoted as saying.
