A frontline presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has condemned the attack as “pure evil that should never have happened.”
Tinubu, in a statement by the Tinubu Campaign Organisation, said the incident was unthinkable.
The statement by the organisation’s Director of Media and Communication, Bayo Onanuga, added that Tinubu sympathised with the government and people of Ondo State; the Owo Kingdom, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, the Catholic Church, the family of the deceased as well as the injured.
It added that the former Lagos State Governor called on security agencies to do everything necessary to hunt down and bring the perpetrators to justice.
The statement reads: “I condole with the people of Owo Kingdom, the government and people of Ondo State over this sad occurrence. My heart is especially broken for the family and friends of those who were brutally killed and many who have been hospitalised.
“I pray for the repose of the souls of the departed and pray to God to comfort their family and loved ones.
“Security agencies must unravel the cause of this evil and ensure those behind it are fished out on time and brought to account for their evil action. This affliction visited on the peaceful people of Owo must never go unpunished.
“The violent violation of rights of our people to life must be stamped out with all the power of the state. I call on both the federal and state government to ensure this grievous offence does not go unpunished.”
