A prosecution witness, on Tuesday, relived the horror of the deadly June 2022 terrorist attack on St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, in which more than 40 worshippers were killed and dozens injured.
The witness, who recounted the hour-long tragic incident before the Federal High Court in Abuja, identified two of the suspected assailants out of the five men that are being prosecuted on terrorism charges over the massacre.
The second prosecution witness, who said he was present at the church when the gunmen stormed in, pointed at Al Qasim Idris (20 years old) and Abdulhaleem Idris (25 years old), and maintained that they were among those who carried out the attack.
The rest of the defendants are Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza (25 years), Jamiu Abdulmalik (26 years), and Momoh Otuho Abubakar (47 years).
The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation is prosecuting the five defendants on terrorism charges over their alleged involvement in the June 2022 killings.
The witness, who testified with a codename SSB adopted as part of the witness protection measure approved by the court, described himself as a retiree living at Isuaga Owo.
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