Owo Church Massacre: Terror convicts get death sentence

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced to death four out of the five terrorists who attacked the Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State, in which 43 worshipers were killed.

The four that will die by hanging are Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza (25 years), Al Qasim Idris (20 years), Jamiu Abdulmalik (26 years), Abdulhaleem Idris (25 years), while Momoh Otuho Abubakar (47 years) was discharged and acquitted of all the charges

Justice Emeka Nwite pronounced the four terrorists guilty in the entire 9 count charges and ordered that they be hanged until they died.

The death sentence was pronounced in a judgment delivered by the Judge on Wednesday.

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