Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Saturday announced the commencement of a memorial park in honour of the Owo church attack victims.
Daily Rwort Nigeria recalls that scpres of worshippers at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo were gruesomely murdered by gunmen during mass in 2022.
Speaking during an inspection visit to the construction site on Saturday, the governor said the memorial park would be a beauty to behold when completed.
He also conveyed the unshaken determination of his administration not to forget the victims.
Adding that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, would commission the park when completed.
He said:
“Come rain, come sunshine, this project must be completed before the end of May. When this incident (attack) happened, our president-elect was here. I know that by the time we tell him we have this memorial park for him to come and inaugurate it, I think it will be a joy to him. That will be just a week after his inauguration, I pray he will come so that he can see this memorial park.
“For us, we are determined not to forget the souls that have departed. They were 41 in number. And others that are still nursing the wounds, although they have gone back to their homes, they have been discharged, some of them are outpatients.
“As you know, we also have a lady whose two legs were amputated. The government has provided for her necessary prosthesis that she can use. I’m told that she has been able to use it. Her rehabilitation is moving on well, and we are sure that she will still live a normal life. That is what I believe, she will live a normal life. So, for us, it is just a way of remembering those 41 souls that died.”
