There seems to be confusion over the certainty on whether the suspects arrested in connection with the Owo Massacre is true or not as Police and the ondo state security outfit ,code-named Amotekun have given conflicting information on the arrest.
While the Ondo State security outfit, codenamed Amotekun, on Wednesday, explained why it was keeping detailed information on the suspects arrested over the terrorists’ attack at St. Francis Catholic Church, in Owo, the police claimed nobody has been arrested.
No fewer than 40 worshippers were gruesomely murdered, while over 100 were seriously injured during the attack.
A reliable source told Vanguard, in Akure, that the security outfit was still profiling the arrested suspects.
A source, who spoke in confidence, noted that details on the arrests were kept top secret, following instructions from the government, and in order not to jeopardise investigation.
He, however, declined to be dragged into argument as regards the denial of any arrest by the police.
The source also declined to give the number of those arrested by the state Amotekun.
It will be recalled that the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, had debunked the news of the arrest of the attackers.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, while giving update on the arrest of the gunmen, said none of the perpetrators of the Owo massacre has been arrested.
But, a source in Amotekun said that the profiling of those arrested would soon be completed.
The source said: “I want to assure you that those arrested by the security outfit would be paraded after a thorough profiling by the leadership of the security outfit and our detectives.
“All the noise that nobody has been arrested is just funny. When we’re done with our investigation, we will make it public.
“The suspects can’t be paraded now when we are determined to get their sponsors and expose them to the world.”
The state commander of Amotekun,Chef Adeleye was still in a meeting as at the time of filling in this report.
