{"id":66430,"date":"2022-06-10T12:18:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T11:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu"},"modified":"2022-06-10T13:28:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T12:28:08","slug":"owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu","title":{"rendered":"Owo massacre: US reacts, sends message to Akeredolu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The United States (US) has condoled with Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over the last Sunday terrorist attack at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa Street, Owo.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST recalls that no fewer than 40 persons out of the 127 involved in the attack were killed, leaving 61 survivors currently on admission in different hospitals and 26 already discharged.<\/p>\n

Richard Olatunde, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, made this known in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He explained that the condolence was contained in a letter to Akeredolu, dated June 7, 2022 and signed by the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard.<\/p>\n

Olatunde said that the U.S. extended its heartfelt condolences to the people of the state and the Owo community.<\/p>\n

He said the U.S. condemned the attack and expressed its concern over the growing pattern of violence that afflicts communities across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of the U.S. and the staff of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria, I would like to extend my deepest condolences to you, Ondo State, and the Owo community for the horrific event and lives lost at the St. Francis Catholic Church on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis tragedy saddens us deeply and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families during this difficult time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain steadfast in our efforts to support Nigeria in enhancing civilian security throughout the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce again, please accept our deepest condolences,\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The United States (US) has condoled with Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over the last Sunday terrorist attack at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa Street, Owo. DAILY POST recalls that no fewer than 40 persons out of the 127 involved in the attack were killed, leaving 61 survivors currently on admission […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":66429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1479,254,7655,373],"class_list":["post-66430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-akeredolu","tag-nigeria","tag-owo-massacre","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"\nOwo massacre: US reacts, sends message to Akeredolu - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The United States (US) has condoled with Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over the last Sunday terrorist attack ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Owo massacre: US reacts, sends message to Akeredolu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United States (US) has condoled with Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over the last Sunday terrorist attack ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-10T11:18:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-10T12:28:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_10-62a338c458999.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"703\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Owo massacre: US reacts, sends message to Akeredolu\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-10T11:18:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-10T12:28:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu\"},\"wordCount\":256,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_10-62a338c458999.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Akeredolu\",\"Nigeria\",\"Owo massacre\",\"US\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu\",\"name\":\"Owo massacre: US reacts, sends message to Akeredolu - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_10-62a338c458999.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-10T11:18:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-10T12:28:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The United States (US) has condoled with Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over the last Sunday terrorist attack ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_10-62a338c458999.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_10-62a338c458999.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":703,\"caption\":\"Owo massacre: US reacts, sends message to Akeredolu\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Owo massacre: US reacts, sends message to Akeredolu\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Owo massacre: US reacts, sends message to Akeredolu - Nigeria","description":"The United States (US) has condoled with Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over the last Sunday terrorist attack ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Owo massacre: US reacts, sends message to Akeredolu","og_description":"The United States (US) has condoled with Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over the last Sunday terrorist attack ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2022-06-10T11:18:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-10T12:28:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":703,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_10-62a338c458999.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Owo massacre: US reacts, sends message to Akeredolu","datePublished":"2022-06-10T11:18:03+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-10T12:28:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu"},"wordCount":256,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_10-62a338c458999.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","Akeredolu","Nigeria","Owo massacre","US"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","Policy","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu","name":"Owo massacre: US reacts, sends message to Akeredolu - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_10-62a338c458999.jpg","datePublished":"2022-06-10T11:18:03+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-10T12:28:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The United States (US) has condoled with Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over the last Sunday terrorist attack ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_10-62a338c458999.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_10-62a338c458999.jpg","width":1200,"height":703,"caption":"Owo massacre: US reacts, sends message to Akeredolu"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/owo-massacre-us-reacts-sends-message-to-akeredolu#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Owo massacre: US reacts, sends message to Akeredolu"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}