The Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has condemned Sunday’s killing of about 11 worshippers in Saint Philip’s Catholic Church at Ozubulu in Anambra State, demanding that those behind the coldblooded slaughter be immediately unearthed and brought to justice.
In a statement in Lagos yesterday by Founder and President of OPC, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, the group described the massacre as shameful and sacrilegious.
“The killing of these innocent worshippers is one incident too many,” he said. “Happening in that serene rural environment, it demeans all Nigerians. It shows that nowhere in this country is safe. There is total breakdown of law and order in Nigeria as a whole.”
He urged investigators to solicit the assistance of the International Police and commiserated with the Ozubulu community and the families who lost their beloved in the dawn attack.
The organization lamented that Nigerians lived in constant fear from assassins, kidnappers and insurgents.
“This country has now entered a state of anomie where life is short and brutish. Nowhere appears to be safe: Not Lagos, not Port Harcourt or Akure or Maiduguri or Jos,” OPC said. “If Nigeria is at war, let us know. Government may just as well declare the entire Nigeria a war zone.”
