Four years after the attack, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced four members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group to death by hanging for their involvement in the June 5, 2022, attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State.
The attack left more than 40 worshippers dead and over 100 others injured.
Justice Emeka Nwite made the declaration after convicting Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza, 25; Al Qasim Idris, 20; Jamiu Abdulmalik, 26; and Abdulhaleem Idris, 25, on a nine-count terrorism charge filed by the Department of State Services on behalf of the Federal Government.
The court, however, discharged and acquitted the fifth defendant, Momoh Abubakar, 47, after finding insufficient evidence linking him to the terrorist attack.
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa and the Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye, expressed delight over the development, saying justice had been served.
The Catholic Bishop of Ondo Diocese, Jude Arogundade,
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