(BREAKING) Owo church massacre: Court sentences four to death for terrorism

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced four members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group to death by hanging for their involvement in the June 5, 2022, attack Five suspects show face for Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, August 11, 2025. Momoh Otuho Abubakar was discharged and acquitted on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.The Federal High...

• The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced four members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group to death by hanging for their involvement in the June 5, 2022, attack Five suspects show face for Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, August 11, 2025.
• Momoh Otuho Abubakar was discharged and acquitted on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced four members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group to death by hanging for their involvement in the June 5, 2022, attack on St.
• Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, which left more than 40 worshippers dead and over 100 others injured.The trial judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, made the declaration after convicting Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza, 25; Al Qasim Idris, 20; Jamiu Abdulmalik, 26; and Abdulhaleem Idris, 25, on a nine-count terrorism charge filed by the Department of State Services on behalf of the Federal Government.