Owo Church attack: Owo Church attack: Fulani herdsmen wrongly accused - MURIC

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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an Islamic human rights advocacy group, has condemned the manner some Nigerians wrongly blamed Fulani herdsmen for the attack.

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday announced the arrest of attackers of worshippers at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, on Sunday, 5^th June, 2022.

The organisation commended the security agencies for tracking down the culprits and urged Nigerians to desist from hating their country.

This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday 10^th August, 2022 by the director of the Islamic human rights organisation, Professor Ishaq Akintola.

The statement reads:

“The Nigerian Army yesterday announced the arrest of those who attacked churchgoers at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, on Sunday, 5^th June, 2022. The attack resulted in the death of 40 worshippers.

“However, it is interesting to discover that contrary to the gargantuan mountain of blames heaped on Fulani herders over the attack, none of those arrested was a Fulani man. Rather, they are all from Okene, Kogi State.

“For instance, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu blamed the trilogy of Fulani, bandits and ISWAP. He said, ‘But whatever it is, we stand by the position that it’s a trilogy that is operating in our forests and causing havoc. We just have Fulani herdsmen right in front, followed by these bandits and again ISWAP; so, the three of them work together and they work separately