Owo church attack: Suspects arrested, to be paraded soon –Gen. Irabor

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Gunmen suspected to be behind the attack on Saint Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, on June 5, have been arrested.

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja, during a parley with Media executives and editors.

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Irabor said the suspects were arrested during joint operations carried out by members of the  Armed Forces, the Department of State Service, DSS, and the police.

He said they suspects would have been paraded but for the ongoing investigation on the case.

He added that some persons suspected to be behind some other attacks in the country had also been arrested.

According to him, “Within the last time we met, we have recorded remarkable achievement. Let me bring it to your notice that within the same period, there have been ignoble actions of men of the underworld that have impinged on our collective well-being, namely the unfortunate train attack, the attack on Kuje correctional center as well as what has been reported in the past the attack on the presidential convoy.

“Also, the Owo incident which was intended to bring men and women of the armed forces to present them in a form and shape that make it to look as if the nation is on a siege. We have arrested those behind the dastardly act in Owo.

“It was my intention to present them to the public, but because of the investigation still going on, I had to change my mind. I will like to say that in due course, the world will see them and others who are behind other daring attacks in the country.”

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