Those allegedly responsible for the Owo attacks have been apprehended, according to General Lucky Irabor, the Chief of Defence Staff.
Over 40 worshipers were murdered at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State when some gunmen invaded the church on a Sunday morning.
According to the Federal Government, the attack was carried out by terrorists from the Islamic States of West Africa Province.
However, the Chief of Defence Staff had announced, during a meeting with editors and media executives on Tuesday in Abuja, the capture of the Owo attackers.
Irabor stated that the suspects would be paraded following the conclusion of the investigation.
He said, “Within the last time we met, we have recorded remarkable achievement. Let me bring it to your notice that within the same period, there have been ignoble actions of men of the underworld that have impinged on our collective well-being, namely the unfortunate train attack, the attack on Kuje correctional centre as well as what has been reported in the past the attack on the presidential convoy.
“Also, the Owo incident which was intended to bring man and women of the armed forces to present them in a form and shape that make it to look as if the nation is on a siege. We have arrested those behind the dastardly act in Owo.
“It was my intention to present them to the public, but because of the investigation still going on, I had to change my mind. I will like to say that in due course, the world will see them and others who are behind other daring attacks in the country.”
