The national security council on Thursday blamed the Islamic State, West African Province (ISWAP) for the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, that killed 40 worshipers on Sunday.
The minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the disclosure while briefing reporters after the National Security Council meeting in Abuja, said security agencies, particularly the police, have been directed to apprehend the perpetrators.
According to him, the attack has no ethnic-religious connection, affirming that the group’s activity has nothing to do with religion.
The council, according to him, is also concerned about killings in the name of blasphemy and has directed the security agencies to go after perpetrators of the incidents that occurred in Sokoto State and Abuja recently.
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba equally noted the imprints of the perpetrators of the Owo killings have been identified and although no arrests have been made, security agencies are now zeroing in on them.
The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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