ACI Africa, Aug 24, 2025 / 08:00 am

The national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Nigeria, Father Solomon Zaku, has called on the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu -led government to ensure justice is applied in the trial of the suspects linked to the 2022 Pentecost Sunday attack on St. Francis Xavier Owo Catholic Parish in the Ondo Diocese , which claimed at least 50 lives.

Speaking to ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner in Africa, on Aug. 21 after the arraignment of five suspects by the Federal High Court in Abuja, Zaku cautioned against granting bail to the accused, warning that such a move would “deepen the pain of victims’ families” and weaken confidence in Nigeria’s justice system.

The five men suspected of carrying out the deadly Islamist militant attack on the Cathol

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