Anambra church attackers will face justice – Osinbajo
Anambra
church attackers will face justice – Osinbajo
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday assured
Nigerians that the perpetrators of last Sunday’s massacre at St. Philip
Catholic Church, Ozubulu, in Anambra would be brought to justice.
Osinbajo’s assurance is contained in a statement issued by Mr
Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Acting
President.
The statement said that the Acting President had since been
receiving regular updates on the status of investigation into the violence,
adding that he was steadily in touch with Gov. Willy Obiano and security
agencies.
It quoted Osinbajo as condemning the violence, saying that the
Acting President had already commiserated with families, relatives and friends
of the victims, as well as the entire people and government of Anambra.
it was recallsed that gunmen had attacked early morning Mass
attendants in the community, killing eight worshipers and injuring many others.
A flurry of criticisms have trailed the incident alleged to have
resulted from years of disagreement between some persons from the community.