Punch Metro
  • Home
  • Banditry
  • Boko Haram
  • City news
  • Crime
  • Insurgency
  • IPOB
  • Police brutality
  • Sports
  • Video
  • Sports
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Banditry
  • Boko Haram
  • City news
  • Crime
  • Insurgency
  • IPOB
  • Police brutality
  • Sports
  • Video
  • Sports
No Result
View All Result
Punch Metro
Home News

Owo attack: FG speculated on ISWAP involvement, says Fayemi

by Marcus Amudipe
June 13, 2022
in News
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
Owo attack: Killers mustn’t go unpunished – Fayemi
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

You might also like

Bank manager arrested with N258m in vault – ICPC

IGP directs immediate redeployment of DIGs, AIGs, CPs

Sex-for-grade: We won’t victimise Nekede poly student in viral video, says rector

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has said that the Federal Government purely speculated by linking the Islamic State’s West Africa Province to the church attack in Owo as mere speculation.

Punch Metro reported that at least 40 people were killed and many injured when gunmen opened fire on worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

However, during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Fayemi who doubles as Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum stressed that no evidence has confirmed that the terrorists were responsible for the attack which claimed many lives and left several others injured.

“I am not going to go into any speculation,” the governor said on Monday in response to a question regarding the position of the Federal Government.

“As far as I’m concerned, the statement that ISWAP or Boko Haram or whatever other institutions are responsible for this (attack) is purely speculative at this stage. I haven’t seen any evidence that concretely puts this in the corner of any of these rogue elements that we have.

“And really it doesn’t at this stage matter, they have committed this crime, they have demonstrated the capacity to cause maximum damage to our people.”

According to him, governors, as the chief security officers of their states, are privy to all manners of intelligence but not all of them are actionable.

He explained that they have a responsibility to pass such intelligence to the relevant institutions who are expected to take necessary actions.

“I don’t want us to jump the gun as far as this is concerned and that is why I am not going to go into any detail as to what intelligence we had and at what point we had it,” said Governor Fayemi.

“Our duty as security officers is to ensure that this does not occur again and we go after elements of this nature, whichever organisation they may represent within our domains.”

Tags: FayemiISWAPOwo attack

Recommended For You

Bank manager arrested with N258m in vault - ICPC

Bank manager arrested with N258m in vault – ICPC

February 7, 2023
IGP directs immediate redeployment of DIGs, AIGs, CPs

IGP directs immediate redeployment of DIGs, AIGs, CPs

February 7, 2023
Sex-for-grade: We won’t victimise Nekede poly student in viral video, says rector

Sex-for-grade: We won’t victimise Nekede poly student in viral video, says rector

February 7, 2023
INEC security agencies meet in Lagos

2023: INEC, security agencies meet in Lagos

February 7, 2023
Turkey-Syria earthquake

Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll hits 4000

February 7, 2023
TETFund

Unemployment: TETFUND vows to make Nigerian graduates employable

February 6, 2023
Next Post
VIDEO: Mercy Aigbe, socialite Lara Olakotun fight dirty at Lagos party

VIDEO: Mercy Aigbe, socialite Lara Olakotun fight dirty at Lagos party

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Soldiers invade Oshodi, arrest scores of Agberos
Featured

Soldiers invade Oshodi, arrest scores of Agberos

by Marcus Amudipe
February 1, 2023
0

Read more
Nekede poly investigates girl in viral TikTok video

Nekede poly investigates girl in viral TikTok video

January 30, 2023
Ibadan protest soldier naira fuel scarcity

Naira/fuel crisis: Soldiers shoot, kill Ibadan protester

February 4, 2023
Police rescue three kidnapped Abuja residents

Police arrest Ogun man for shooting sister’s boyfriend

February 5, 2023
JUST IN: Ondo residents protest naira fuel scarcity

JUST IN: Ondo residents protest naira fuel scarcity

February 7, 2023
  • Home
  • Banditry
  • Boko Haram
  • City news
  • Crime
  • Insurgency
  • IPOB
  • Police brutality
  • Sports
  • Video
  • Sports

© 2023 punch metro

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Banditry
  • Big Cities
  • Boko Haram
  • Celeb
  • City news
  • City Rounds
  • Commuting
  • Courts
  • Crime
  • Gunmen
  • Cultism
  • Customs
  • Farmers-herders clashes
  • Fraud
  • Gambling
  • Grassroots
  • Insurgency
  • IPOB
    • Sit-at-Home
  • Landlord and tenants
  • Markets
  • Movies
  • NCDSC
  • News
  • Personal Finance
  • Podcast
  • Police
  • Police brutality
  • Recharge Card
  • Renting
  • Ritual killings/kidnappings
  • Showbiz
  • Sports
  • Trending
  • Video

© 2023 punch metro

Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?