News - Nigeria Report

Posts tagged with "Owo Massacre"

press releases · 22. June 2022

As Pentecost massacre victims are laid to rest, Christian Solidarity International asks Liz Truss to take action on Nigeria

John Eibner calls on British Foreign Secretary to declare Nigeria “country of particular concern” at International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief

Videos · 09. June 2022

'The Blood Is Still There': Horrific Details About Deadly Nigerian Church Attack Emerge

Joel Veldkamp interviewed by Billy Hallowell of CBN News about the attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo on Pentecost Sunday, 5 June 2022.

Inside the Catholic Church where worshippers were murdered in cold blood

NOTICE: This article contains disturbing photos and graphic descriptions of violence. On 5 June 2022, scores of people were murdered by gunmen at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, deep in Nigeria's normally-peaceful Southwest. Amaka Okoye visits the site of the Owo Pentecost Massacre, and speaks with victims, eyewitnesses and survivors of the attack. They recount the incident with vivid horror.

Dozens feared dead after terrorists attack a church in southwestern Nigeria during Pentecost Mass

Terrorists suspected by locals to be Fulani militiamen attacked a church in Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria, on 5 June, Pentecost Sunday, killing dozens of worshippers and injuring several others, local media report. The attack took place at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State during a Pentecost Sunday worship service.