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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has described the attack on a Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, as a \u201cterrorism act against the Southwest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Afenifere said the terrorism act was a \u201cdeclaration of war against the Southwest.\u201d<\/p>\n

The body urged all the six governors in the Southwest to declare three days of mourning for the victims of the Owo carnage.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, gunmen attacked St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, killing several people.<\/p>\n

However, Afenifere\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, recalled that it was in Owo that Olufunke, daughter of its leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, was killed by Fulani bandits in 2019.<\/p>\n

A statement by Ajayi said: \u201cThe attack with sophisticated weapons where people gathered to worship is one of the most heinous acts that could ever be committed especially since we are not in a state of war.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing by the extent of the damage and the systematic way the massacre-like action was carried out, it was clear that the act was planned far ahead with the seeming imprimatur of trained gunmen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Afenifere stressed that the carnage in Owo and atrocity in Kwara State occurred due to the kid-glove manner with which the Federal Government and security agencies have handled similar occurrences in other parts of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

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