MURIC seeks identities of Owo church killers

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), under the leadership of Professor Ishaq Akintola has urged the commander of the Amotekun security outfit in Ondo State, Chief Adetunji Adeleye to disclose the identities of the killers of about 40 worshippers of Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State the security outfit claimed it arrested a few days ago.

Reacting to the news report of the arrest, MURIC said: “The Commander of the Amotekun security outfit in Ondo State, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, last week, reported that those who killed 40 church worshippers in Owo, Ondo State, have been arrested.”

In a statement signed by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, the Islamic human rights organisation, said that Nigerians are eager to know the identities of those who committed the atrocity on June 5, 2022, when the worshippers were celebrating Pentecost Sunday.

The statement reads in part: “We hereby call on the Amotekun commander to reveal the identities of those arrested because Nigerians are eager to know them. We are eager to see the faces of those heartless human beings. Concealing their identities will not help matters because Nigerians have been on the tip-toes of expectation since seven days ago when their arrest was first announced.

“However, we are disturbed by reports that the police said they did not know about the arrest. We advise both Amotekun and the police to work in synergy. Only thus can we overcome our security challenges.”