BREAKING: Four Owo Catholic Church terrorists to die by hanging

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By Vivian Okejeme

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has sentenced to death four out of the five terrorists that attacked the Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo state in which 43 worshipers were killed.

The four that will die by hanging are Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza (25 years), Al Qasim Idris (20 years), Jamiu Abdulmalik (26 years), Abdulhaleem Idris (25 years) while Momoh Otuho Abubakar (47 years) was discharged and acquitted in all the charges

Justice Emeka Nwite pronounced the four terrorists guilty in the entire 9 count charges and ordered that they be hanged until they died.

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The pronouncement of death sentence was in a judgment delivered by the Judge on Wednesday,

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