MON, 06 JUNE, 2022-theGBJournal| Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria today issued a strong statement condemning the murder of 50 innocent worshipers on Sunday, at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State.
The council went further with a scathing attack on the Federal Government’s failings on security issues in the country and noted that the crime committed by those killed were just two; one; they were Christians and secondly because they were in the Church on Sunday worshiping God.
‘’As a Christian group and direct mourners of this sad incident, we do not want to only condemn this barbaric act carried out by these animals in human form but use this medium to let the government know that we have taken enough of this killing of our people and we now find it very difficult to chew what they’ve forcefully put in our mouth. The only option left is to throw it out,’’ the Council said in a statement signed by Hon. Sir Henry Yunkwap KSJI, National President, Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria.
It said: ‘’For any government who cannot provide security for her people, it is indirectly telling them to defend themselves by whatever means they can. We are indeed tired of words, we want action and the urgent arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators of this evil act.
‘Our leaders must rise against just condemning this act by using the over used words like ‘bringing the perpetrators to book’. They must see the life of every Nigerian as very important not minding where he or she comes from.
What the victims want from the government now for their souls to rest in peace, is the assurance that their killers will be arrested and dealt with according to the laws of the land.
Yunkwap said he is heartbroken and finds it very difficult ‘’to address my people at this moment knowing fully well that we are yet to recover from the recent murder of our daughter and friend, the late Deborah Samuel by some heartless religious extremists in Sokoto State.’’
‘’While we are making frantic efforts to console our people and also plead with our youth not to take laws in their hands but to abide by the bible injunction which admonished us, as Christians, to allow God take control and vengeance in all circumstances, over 50 innocent worshipers on Sunday, June 5, 2022 at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State were gruesomely murdered by the people we’ve deliberately refused to identify them by their names but prefer to use ‘unknown gun men’ when referring to them. This is uncalled for, this is unacceptable at this time.’’
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