About 10 months after the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo, by some gunmen, the church reopen activities for worshippers on Easter Sunday.
Earlier, the Bishop of the Ondo Diocese, Most Rev Bishop Jude Arogundade, had announced the church’s reopening in Akure, the state capital.
Arogundade who recalled that the church has been locked after the gory incident where 41 worshippers were killed by the suspected terrorists on June 5, 2022, for security reasons said that all is set for its reopening of the church which had been locked after the attack on worshippers.
“Since the unfortunate incident that befell our members at the saint Francis Cathedral in Owo on June 5 2022, the church has been closed down for security reasons and as a mark of respect for our fallen brothers and sisters.
“The church shall be opened again for Easter Sunday. The government of Ondo state is as well planning to commemorate the one year anniversary of the massacre in honor of our fallen heroes,” he disclosed in a statement on Saturday.
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