A Federal High Court in Abuja sentences four men to death by hanging for their roles in the 5 June 2022 attack on St. Francis Xavier (also reported as St. Francis Catholic) Church in Owo, Ondo State. The attack occurred while the church was celebrating Pentecost, and worshippers were targeted during the service. According to the reports, the attack results in the deaths of more than 40 people and serious injuries to more than 100 others. Premium Times reports that over 40 worshippers are killed and about 141 others are injured.
All three outlets describe the court’s judgment as a conviction of four individuals linked to the attack, with Vanguard reporting that they are members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group. The reports present the sentence as the culmination of the prosecution’s case in relation to the Owo incident and outline the scale of casualties attributed to the attack.
