Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has expressed shock and disbelief over Sunday’s attack on St. Philip’s Catholic church in Ozubulu, a community in Anambra State.
He described the incident as “mindless barbarism.”
DAILY POST reports that several people were killed after gunmen invaded the church during its first mass service on Sunday.
In a statement by his media office, Obi, “said such act, which is alien to Igbo people, must be condemned by all men of good will.”
He condoled the immediate families of the deceased, the Ozubulu community, the Catholic Church and the entire Anambra state, describing the act as the “highest exemplification of barbarism.”
Obi, who said he received the news with shocks while he was in Lagos for a speech engagement, assured Ozubulu community and the Catholic Church of his solidarity with them at this period of “intense grief”.
The former governor prayed God to instill the culture of respect for human life in the people to avoid such mindless killing in future.
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