On Sunday, an attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, the capital of the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, was described by several eyewitnesses.
Taiwo, one of them, claimed he was nearing the church when he saw the people running and had to come to a halt.
He went on to say that he could only see the assailants, who were four males, getting into a green Volkswagen automobile.
"I discovered the shooters abandoned their vehicle and ran," he alleged, adding that several Amotekun Corps members coming in their vehicles gave the hoodlums a fierce pursuit.
When the hoodlums started shooting, the congregation was caught off guard, according to another eyewitness.
Some attendees ran to avoid being shot, he said, as the attackers tossed dynamites inside the church, blowing the altar apart.
He reported that when the shooters opened fire, the chapel was packed, with around 500 people inside.
During the service, the gunmen allegedly used dynamite to blow up the church's altar, causing part of it to cave in as the gunmen shot numerous people.
