Hours after confirming the arrest of masterminds of the bloody terrorists’ attack on St. Francis’ Catholic Church, Owo, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, and Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, have differed on Idris Ojo named in the massacre.
Speaking during the media parley at Defence Headquarters on Tuesday, Abuja, Irabor said two of the masterminds of the deadly terrorist attack which left 40 persons dead and several others injured were 32-year-old Idris Ojo and Jimoh Ibrahim, 39.
However, Akeredolu rejected Idris Ojo as one of the suspected masterminds of the Owo church attack on Wednesday.
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The governor gave the clarification in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary Richard Olatunde on Wednesday, hours after Ojo was named as one of the suspects in the June attack.
“The announcement of the arrest of Idris Ojo as one of the perpetrators of the June 5 attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo was a mix-up from the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor,” the statement added.
“Idris Ojo, who is number 14 on the wanted list of the Kuje Prison Escapees was arrested in his brother’s house in Akure. His brother, Jimoh Rasheed Ibrahim, received and accommodated him after his escape from Kuje prison.
“He was thereafter moved and kept in the custody of the security operatives at the same time the attackers of Owo Catholic Church were arrested and brought into custody. Hence, the mix-up.”
The Governor, therefore, urged members of the public to remain vigilant and give necessary support to the security agencies in the State.
