Gunmen have killed church worshippers in Ondo state, south-west Nigeria, this according to President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to witnesses, The armed men entered St Francis Catholic church in the town of Owo during a Sunday service. They fired into the congregation and then kidnapped a priest as well as some other church-goers.
Nigeria has experienced an upsurge in violence in recent months.
Kidnappings and attacks have been reported across the vast country.
No figures for the numbers killed or abducted in Sunday’s violence have been confirmed.
