Revealed: Faces, Names Of Arrested Suspects In Owo Massacre

Abiola Olawale
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The full names and pictures of the five suspects arrested in connection with the terror attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo state have surfaced online.

The New Diplomat, had on Tuesday reported that the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor andĀ Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State announced the arrest of five suspects who masterminded the gruesome Owo attack.

The duo at separate press briefings confirmed the suspects were arrested throughĀ joint operations of all the security agencies.

While the governor and the Chief of Defence Staff failed to provide full information on the identities of the arrested suspects, a former Chief Press Secretary of Ogun state took to his official Facebook page to reveal the photos of the alleged perpetrators of the attack.

According to the Facebook Post, the names of the arrested suspects are; Abdulmannan Obadiki; Ishaq Farouk; Abdulazeez Obadiki; Idris Ojo; Abdulkareem Musa. The details provided also indicated that all the suspects hailed from Kogi state, North Central part of Nigeria.

Below here is the photos of the alleged five suspects arrested;

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