We were locked inside for over 20 mins’ – Priest speaks on Owo church massacre

Rev Father Andrew Abayomi, one of the priests at St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, Ondo State, on Sunday evening narrated how the church was attacked.
Our correspondent had reported how over 50 worshippers were killed when unknown gunmen bombed the church on Sunday morning.
In an interview with BBC Yoruba, the cleric said suspected terrorists struck as the day’s service was about to end.
“We were about to round off service. I had even asked people to start leaving, that was how we started hearing gunshots from different angles.”
“We hid inside the church but some people had left when the attack happened. We locked ourselves in the church for 20 minutes. When we heard that they had left, we opened the church and rushed victims to the hospital.”