The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, has described the killings during the Sunday mass at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, as an affront to the Yoruba race.
This was contained in a statement released on Monday by Olubadan of Ibadan’s media aide, Mr Oladele Ogunsola to commiserate with victims and their families.
He called on the six governors in the South-West region to wake up to their responsibility of securing the lives and property of their people.
He said such an attack should be made the last of its kind in the region, saying a lasting solution just be found for insecurity in Yorubaland.
“For God’s sake, what was the remote and immediate cause of such mindless and inhuman act? What did they intend to achieve with it? How would they account for the sacred blood being spilled anyhow before their creator? It was a sad commentary on the security level in this country.
“Governors of the South-West should wake up and do more in the task of securing the region. With the creation of Amotekun and its activities so far, it was assumed that a lasting solution had been found to challenge of insecurity occasioned by kidnapping, banditry, herdsmen attack among others, but, with the Sunday ugly incident, it is not yet Uhuru.
“This is not time to seek political correctness at the detriment of the people that elected you into offices as their governors.
“It is time to prioritise the safety of the people’s lives and property, because, you are first and foremost Yoruba person before becoming a Nigerian and without the people being massacred by the bloodsuckers, you cannot be governors.”
Oba Balogun, who commiserated with Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, and the people of Ondo State, said the massacre in the sanctuary was unimaginable.