Nigerian town devastated after church attack

(8 Jun 2022)
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Owo – 7 June 2022
1. Various of women marching and protesting deadly church attack
HEADLINE: Nigerian town devastated after church attack
2. Various of women protesting with knives, scraping the street with knives in protest and holding them in the air
ANNOTATION: Women marched in protest in Owo days after a deadly attack killed dozens of people in the southern Nigerian town.
3. Various of women protesting
ANNOTATION: Five children were among the dead after gunmen with explosives raided the St. Francis Catholic Church in the town in Ondo state.
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Yemi Mahmud, protester:
"Scores of people were killed at the church while the service was going on, some gunmen came and killed a lot of people, children, old women, men and the town has been thrown into mourning since Sunday and that's why we are here. We are here as market women, we are here to commiserate with the people of Owo. We are to say that enough is enough."
5. Various of tribal leader chanting slogans for the Ogun, the god of iron
ANNOTATION: The women chanted to Ogun, the god of iron, saying he would take revenge against those responsible for the attack.
6. Wide of women marching
7. Various of Owo monarch Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye hosting Igbo ethnic group leaders
ANNOTATION: The Owo kingdom's monarch held discussions with ethnic leaders as he expressed fears that the violence could escalate further.
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye, Monarch of Owo kingdom:
"We have gotten to a stage that, God forbid any war in Nigeria. The international community will be unable to handle the situation because considering our population over 100 million people imagine such scattering all over West Africa, Africa and even to Europe and the Americas."
9. Woman standing by roadside with child strapped to her back
ANNOTATION: Nigeria has grappled for more than a decade with an insurgency in the northeast by the Islamic extremist rebels of Boko Haram and its offshoot.
10. Locked door of a shop
11. People walking past closed shops, wide of market
ANNOTATION: Separatists and pirates are blamed for attacks in the country's south while armed groups frequently launch deadly attacks in the northwest.
12. Wide of street
STORYLINE:
Women marched in protest in Owo on Tuesday after the southern Nigerian town was devastated by an attack on a church days earlier which killed at least 38 people.
A tribal leader was at the front of the march as they chanted to Ogun, the god of iron, saying he would take revenge against those responsible for the attack.
"We are here to say enough is enough," said Yemi Mahmud as she joined the demonstration.
The Owo kingdom's monarch also brought together ethnic leaders for discussions as he expressed his fears the violence could escalate further.
Five children were among the dead after the gunmen with explosives raided the St. Francis Catholic Church in the town in Ondo state.
Nigeria, Africa's most populous country with 206 million people, has grappled for more than a decade with an insurgency in the northeast by the Islamic extremist rebels of Boko Haram and its offshoot, the Islamic State West Africa Province.
The country now is confronted by growing insecurity problems as separatists and pirates are blamed for attacks in the country’s south while armed groups frequently launch deadly attacks in the northwest.
Before the church attack, Ondo had been considered one of Nigeria's most peaceful states.
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