APC’s committee travels to Ondo State to investigate the Owo atrocity

By Michael V. Bolgent

Administrator

Posted: June 14, 2022 at 8:23 PM, Updated: June 14, 2022 at 8:23 PM

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The APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) paid a condolence visit to Ondo State on Tuesday in the aftermath of the bandit assault in Owo on June 5.

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who welcomed the NWC team led by National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, said the visit was a welcome relief from the state’s wounds.

Sen. Iyiola Omisore, the party’s National Secretary, and Suleiman Argungu, the party’s National Organising Secretary, were among the delegation.

The southwest geopolitical zone, according to Akeredolu, has always been peaceful and has contributed to the country’s unity.

“What we witnessed here on June 5 was indescribable. Like the chairman has rightly observed, it has never happened before in the Southwest. The assailants came to kill and to maim.

“Today, 40 persons have died and we have more than 60 persons receiving treatment in hospitals. It is so painful.

“We believe in one Nigeria and we are the ones sustaining its unity. The country needs to do something urgently about the trilogy of attacks by herdsmen, Boko haram and now ISWAP. We need peace.

“Your coming is a balm on our wound. We lost so many children. Let us find peace in our country. There is palpable fear everywhere,” Akeredolu observed.

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Earlier, Adamu expressed his condolences to Akeredolu and the people of Ondo State, calling the June 5 attack in Owo a “sad loss.”

“We are here essentially to condole with you personally and condole with the good people of Ondo State on the heavy loss that occurred on the June 5 in Owo where worshipers died in the hands of ungodly people.

“We would have been here early but for the pressure of the APC’s National Convention. As believers, our faith teaches us that nothing happens without God’s knowledge. God knows why it happened.

“He giveth and taketh. We have no words to soothe the heart of those mourning. All we have to say is that we join you in this moment of mourning,” he stated.

Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Ondo State’s deputy governor, and members of the state’s executive council, led by Princess Oladunni Odu, Secretary to the State Government, joined Akeredolu to welcome the visitors.

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