OWO TERROR ATTACK: AKEREDOLU CONFIRMS 22 DEAD, 56 HOSPITALISED

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has disclosed that 80 persons were involved in last Sunday's terror attack at St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa street, Owo.

Akeredolu said 22 people lost their lives to the horrific attack while 52 survivors are on admission at the Federal Medical Center, Owo, St Louis Hospital, Owo and the Owo General Hospital as well as some private hospitals.

The Governor disclosed this on Tuesday during a statewide broadcast to the people of the state in respect of the last Sunday terrorist attack at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa Street, Owo.

Akeredolu said the attack was an attempt to test the will of the people of the State and indeed, the Southwest. He added that the dastardly act has the brazenly possible consequence of invitation to national anarchy, saying that "Yorubaland, and Owo in particular, have never been conquered before; and it will never happen."

He promised to commit every available resource to hunt down the assailants and make them pay dearly, stressing that the state will never bow to the machinations of heartless elements in its resolve to stamp out criminals.

"I convey our gratitude to volunteers who assisted in evacuating the victims and the dead to the hospitals and mortuaries respectively," the governor said.

"I also thank our people who had deemed it fit to voluntarily donate blood towards the treatment of the victims. They have lived up to expectation within the precinct of the available space and time."