"They Carried Out The Mission Like They Were Trained To Do It" – Owo Church Massacre Survivor

“The mass just ended with the priest saying ‘go in peace, and all of a sudden, we heard a gunshot. A young boy who sells sweets by the Church gate had been shot. People started running helter-skelter. Then, there was an explosion it was difficult to remember.

“About four or five of them started shooting at us. I saw a small boy looking for his parents, he was killed. They didn’t spare anybody. Suddenly, a bullet hit me in the leg, and all the people around me were dead.

“They were all young boys. My wife is also on admissions as she was affected by the explosion. The way they carried out that operation, it was like they were trained for it and their mission was to wipe out everybody. Some strange people have taken over, we don’t understand what is happening anymore.”
 
Another victim shot close to the Bosom , Mrs Precious Sunday said it was by the grace of God she survived the attack.

She said: “I was in the Church with my three children, one of them – a four-year-old, was also shot and is receiving treatment at the children’s ward.

“I never believed such a thing can happen in the Church and in a town like Owo which has always been peaceful.”