Presidential Aspirant Bola Ahmed Tinubu has paid a condolence visit to Ondo state over the recent killing of innocent Catholic worshippers and pledged N75million to the victims of the Owo attack.
While expressing his condolences, Tinubu, in the company of the state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, visited the palace of Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III, and said N50m out of the donation would go to the victims of the incident, while the other N25m will go to the Catholic Church all amounting to N75million.
Announcing the donation, Akeredolu said, “Our leader is donating N50 million to take care of the victims, and an additional donation of 25 million will go to the Catholic Church for the victims and every other thing.”
However, the action has sparked mixed reactions among Netizens with some insinuating that he probably orchestrated the act for as a campaign strategy.
One Ola wrote “Will this money bring them back to life … why not use the money to stop this insecurity… that’s the step we need to see not this eye service… this country is frustrating”
One Essiet wrote “These people are playing politics with our lives”
One Chinedu wrote “The money he used in buying their blood na. Ekensu”
One Modezz “It’s so sad that politicians are Playing politics with everything, you guys can’t tackle insecurity, but when it happens you go to compensate with money, meaning there’s no value for our lives. the worst part is that once they emerge they keep blind eyes to things like this. Na God go help us!”
