Ondo Police Command Confirms Death Of Worshippers At Owo Church

The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed an explosion at St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in the Owo Local Government Area of the state reports Prime Business Africa.

The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Odunlami Ibukun confirmed the incident to newsmen on Sunday but was unable to make further comments on the incident as investigation is expected to take place.

Suspected gunmen earlier today (5 June 2022) stormed St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Local Government Area, Ondo State detonated a bomb device which killed over 30 worshippers

Some worshippers were lucky to escape the massacre albeit there were many injured as they scampered for safety.

Prime Business Africa scooped that blood donors are consequently needed at the Federal Medical Center in Owo irrespective of the blood group and genotype.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.