Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has dismissed the Federal Government’s assertion that the attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State was carried out by the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP).
On June 5, unknown gunmen stormed St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo state, killing over 40 people and injuring many more, according to Anaedoonline.ng.
In response to the heinous deaths on June 9, the Federal Government stated that the incident was related to ISWAP since the terrorist group’s imprint was discovered at the crime site.
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Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, confirmed this to State House media during a meeting of the National Security Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said that security services had been directed to track down the criminals and bring them to justice, and that the church had not been targeted for ethnic reasons.
However, in a Monday interview with Channels Television, Fayemi stated that the federal government’s assertion is merely hypothetical and unsubstantiated.
According to the governor, there isn’t a scrap of proof linking ISWAP to the horrible attack in Owo.
The shooters, according to Fayemi, committed a horrific act and exhibited their utmost potential to harm the inhabitants of the region.
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As a result, he stated that the governors of the South-West would do all possible to guarantee that such a tragic tragedy does not occur again in the zone.
He said: “As far as I’m concerned, the statement about ISWAP or Boko Haram or whatever other institutions are responsible for this is purely speculative at this stage.
“I haven’t seen any evidence that concretely puts this in the corner of any of these rogue elements.
“And really at this stage, it doesn’t matter, they have committed a heinous crime and demonstrate the maximum capacity to cause damage to our people, our duty is to ensure that this does not occur again and we go after elements of this nature, whichever organisation they represent.”
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Recall that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State had also rejected the claim by the federal government that ISWAP is responsible for the gruesome Owo attack.
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