Ayodele Popoola
Following the gruesome killings of worshippers at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owaluwa, Owo, the Inspector General of Police IGP Alkali Usman Baba, has consoled with the victims and the Owo community.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Funmi Odunlami, in a statement said the visit to the ancient town was for an on the spot assessment of the attack on the church.
Representing the IG, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of South-West, who also doubles as the DIG Force Criminal Investigation Department, DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, also paid a courtesy call to the Olowo of Owo, after which he visited the victims of the attack in the hospital, he prayed for their quick recovery and also for the repose of the souls of the deceased.
The Police boss said the unprovoked attack on the church would be thoroughly investigated as he described the attack as an unfortunate and a monumental loss, saying such an incident must be properly handled to ensure that all those who took part in the sacrilegious act are brought to book.
He condoled with the Church, community and the entire state, while he informed the people that he had ordered that all relevant units of the force and gadgets needed to track and arrest the perpetrators be brought to bare until the culprits of this dastardly act are rounded up expeditiously.
He added the IGP’s Special Squad, IGP’s Intelligence Response Team have also arrived the State to support the Command and ensure the villains are arrested.
The state spokesman, SP Odunlami added that the State Commissioner of Police, Oyeyemi Adesoye Oyediran, psc, has also ordered that security personnel be posted to worship centres, market areas and all public places in the command.