Akintola acknowledged in a launch on Monday that there was no tribal and political motivation for the Sunday terrorists’ assault.

The group additional alleged that the terrorists have been influenced currently to hold out a number of assaults nationwide as a result of ransom cash normally being paid by abductees.

The assertion reads partially, “From all indications, it now appears to be like extra like a bandits’ assault notably after studying that the attackers additionally kidnapped some individuals. Pecuniary acquire could due to this fact be the motive behind the assault. The truth that the identical bandits have been attacking each mosques and church buildings whereas killing and kidnapping each Muslims and Christians necessitates warning.

“The Hausa communities which are being attacked are additionally victims of banditry of their states. These Northerners who’ve been attacked or who’re already being focused in Ondo State and different locations are due to this fact not the culprits.

“The motive of the bandits is the cash they hope to get from the households of their kidnapped victims. Church buildings, mosques, colleges, trains, buses, and many others are normally attacked by them as a result of they see these locations not solely as comfortable targets but additionally as locations the place they’ll get massive numbers of individuals. The upper the variety of victims the larger the anticipated ransom; they make their assaults as ferocious as potential with the intention to create worry within the hearts of individuals.”

The assertion continued: “We name on the nice individuals of Nigeria to return collectively in opposition to males of evil. We should know the distinction between faith, ethnicity and crime. Allow us to not determine criminals by their tribes or their faiths so as to not damage harmless individuals.

“Those that dedicated this atrocity contained in the church have misplaced their humanity. It should be famous that they’re below the affect of narcotics. They don’t seem to be even strange brokers of Shaytan however Shaytan incarnate. Each Christians and Muslims should unite to machine technique of overpowering them.

“The data paraphernalia at each the federal and state ranges ought to be set in movement to create consciousness of the hazard of reprisal assaults for worry of the bandwagon impact it might generate.

“MURIC reminds Nigerians that justice is a sq. peg. Vengeance is a spherical gap. The 2 can not match. What you search to get shouldn’t be what you obtain and the cycle of violence can go on advert infinitum till it will get again to those that initiated it.

“Worse nonetheless, reprisal assaults could result in conflict. Allow us to be taught from Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan. Rockets are nonetheless falling on Ukranian infrastructure. It’s painful watching the quick destruction of civilisation on such huge scale. We due to this fact attraction to one and all to depart this matter within the fingers of the safety businesses.

“We’re ready for swift motion from the Federal Authorities (FG). Compensation ought to be paid to the bereaved households. These injured ought to be handled at FG’s expense whereas the price of repairing the church ought to be taken up by FG. Apart from, the state authorities ought to be forthcoming by way of hospitality in direction of the victims’ households and trauma administration by consultants. They should be made to really feel the presence of presidency.

“We advise the management of the Muslim neighborhood in Owo, Ondo State to provoke sympathy and courtesy visits to St. Francis Catholic Church. We should forge unity at a time enemies of peace have accomplished their worst. Allow us to defeat public enemies with exchanges of neighbourliness.”