By Dele Ogbodo
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday described as vile and satanic the killing of worshippers and two priests at a Catholic church
in Ukpor-Mbalom community in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State.
The president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in a statement said the president extend his sincere condolences to the government and people of Benue State, the Mbalom community, and especially the Bishop, priests and members of the St Ignatius’ Catholic Church, whose premises was the unfortunate venue of the heinous killings by gunmen.
The statement partly read: “This latest assault on innocent persons is particularly despicable. Violating a place of worship, killing priests and worshippers is not only vile, evil and satanic, it is clearly calculated to stoke up religious conflict and plunge our communities into endless bloodletting.”
Adesina, in the statement stressed that the country will not bow to the machinations of evildoers, adding that Buhari, vowed that the assailants would be hunted down and made to pay for the sacrilege committed.