Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has said the State will provide land for the mass burial of the victims of the Owo massacre.
The governor made this known while hosting a delegation of Catholic Bishops from the South-West led by Most Reverend Leke Abegunrin.
Akeredolu, who said that he is yet to comprehend the reason behind such attack, added that 127 people were affected during the incident, with 61 survivors still being treated in various hospitals.
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He also revealed that 26 people had been released and 40 had died.
According to him: “I have been looking for a better word to use because we have witnessed barbaric elements, animals in human’s skin. If you are human, you would not do what they have done.
“Maybe there are areas where they will do such a thing and they are not worried. But here we are worried because it is not something we are used to. Human life means a lot to us.
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“That is why one is moved. We will have a Memorial Park here where those who died in the attack will be buried. My Bishop sir, we will find a good place as a Memorial Park. It will also be my suggestion that even if there are people who have retrieved their family or members of their family, we must still have a symbolic grave there for them. And it will be there forever, it is not something we can forget and we should never forget it.”
