{"id":6715,"date":"2026-06-03T18:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=6715"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:13:29","slug":"four-terrorists-to-die-by-hanging-over-owo-catholic-church-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/four-terrorists-to-die-by-hanging-over-owo-catholic-church-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Four terrorists to die by hanging over Owo Catholic Church attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four terrorists convicted for the June 5, 2022 attack on Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State, have been sentenced to death by hanging.<br \/><br \/>An Abuja Federal High Court presided by Justice Emeka Nwite delivered judgment in the case on Wednesday.<br \/><br \/>Forty-three worshipers were killed in the attack.<br \/><br \/>The four convict that will die by hanging are Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza, 25, Al Qasim Idris, 20, Jamiu Abdulmalik, 26, and Abdulhaleem Idris, 25.<br \/><br \/>A fifth accused person, Momoh Otuho Abubakar, 47, was discharged and acquitted.<br \/><br \/>Justice Emeka Nwite pronounced the four terrorists guilty on the entire nine counts of the charge and ordered that they be hanged until they are dead.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four terrorists convicted for the June 5, 2022 attack on Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State, have been sentenced to death by hanging. 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