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2022 Owo church massacre: Court sentences four to death by hanging

Last updated: June 3, 2026 1:50 pm
5 days ago Chibuzor Okezie
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Federal High Court Abuja has sentenced to death four out of the five terrorists who attacked the Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State, South-West Nigeria in which about 43 worshipers were killed.

The four that will die by hanging are Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza (25 years), Al Qasim Idris (20 years), Jamiu Abdulmalik (26 years), Abdulhaleem Idris (25 years) while Momoh Otuho Abubakar (47 years) was discharged and acquitted in all the charges.

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Justice Emeka Nwite found the four terrorists guilty in the entire nine-count charges and ordered that they should be hanged until they die.

According to the trial judge, the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt against the four convicts.

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