The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has decried what he described as the “senseless killing” of Christian worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, by gunmen suspected to be terrorists on Sunday, IgbereTV reports
The Sultan who lamented the ugly situation in a statement on Monday, said it had become mandatory for security agencies in the country to rise up to the occasion in protecting helpless citizens from the clutches of terrorists and criminals in every part of the country.
In a statement issued on his behalf by the NSCIA Director of Administration,
Zubairu Haruna Usman-Ugwu, the Sultan described the heinous attack as a “crime against humanity, and a grievous and inexplicable sin.”
“All peoples of faith should take this attack as a direct attack on all law-abiding citizens and should therefore be in the vanguard to halt the evil that appears to be assailing the life, property and integrity of humanity, particularly believers in God,” the Sultan said
