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Four terrorists to die by hanging over Owo Catholic Church attack
 
By: News Editor
Wed, 3 Jun 2026   ||   Nigeria,
 

 

 

Four terrorists convicted for the June 5, 2022 attack on Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State, have been sentenced to death by hanging.

An Abuja Federal High Court presided by Justice Emeka Nwite delivered judgment in the case on Wednesday.

Forty-three worshipers were killed in the attack. The four convict that will die by hanging are Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza, 25, Al Qasim Idris, 20, Jamiu Abdulmalik, 26, and Abdulhaleem Idris, 25.

A fifth accused person, Momoh Otuho Abubakar, 47, was discharged and acquitted.

Justice Emeka Nwite pronounced the four terrorists guilty on the entire nine counts of the charge and ordered that they be hanged until they are dead.

 

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