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The horrific attack on worshippers at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, where more than 40 persons were
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Altar of St. Francis Xavier Owo Catholic Parish of Ondo Diocese, Nigeria, where dozens were slain in a massacre on June 5, 2022. / Courtesy of ACNAdo Ekiti, Nigeria, Dec 9, 2022 / 12:05 pm (CNA).Six months after the Pentecost Sunday attack on St. Francis Xavier Owo Catholic Parish in Ondo Diocese, which left 39 Catholic worshipers killed and more than 80 injured, there have been arrests and promises but no prosecution, Bishop Felix Femi Ajakaye has lamented. "Dec. 5, 2022, is the sixth month of the evil attack, the dead have been buried and their people and other well-wishers are still in sorrowful moods," the leader of Ondo s neighboring Ekiti Diocese said in a Dec. 5 statement."Nigeria is still waiting."On Aug. 11, Nigeria s Chief of Defence Staff General Lucky Irabor told journalists that four suspects allegedly involved in the June 5 attack had been arrested. He identified the suspects as Idris Omeiza (a.k.a Bin Malik), Momoh Abubakar, Aliyu Itopa, and Auwal Oni