By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has expressed shock over the Sunday’s attack on worshippers in a Catholic church in Anambra state, describing the incident as abominable, barbaric, inhuman, and the height of wickedness.

Blood stains at the scene of the deadly shooting at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, where an unknown gunman killed 11 persons and injured 18 others in Umuezekwe Ofufe Amakwa community of Ozubulu, Ekwusigo LGA of Anambra on Sunday

Scores of worshippers were murdered by gunmen in a Catholic church in Ozubulu in Anambra State.

The shooting was said to have occurred during church service while worshipers were still inside the church building on Sunday morning.

In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media & Public Affairs, Mr. Turaki Hassan, the Speaker said his heart is broken by the sad news of the massacre of innocent worshippers in cold blood by people he described as ” sons of perdition whose souls will rot in hell.”

“Have we lost our humanity? Where is the place of sanctity of life and sacredness of worship places in our society? What offence did the worshippers commit to warrant their massacre in cold blood by wicked souls and heartless men?”

Dogara lamented that increasing insecurity was “reducing Nigeria to the state of nature, saying that life was becoming cheap.”

The Speaker reiterated his “call for the overhaul of Nigeria’s policing architecture that will lead to reform of the Police Force, equip them with modern and sophisticated gadgets so as to discharge their duties of protecting lives and property effectively, and ensure social order in the society.”

Dogara further called on “security agencies to fish out perpetrators of the heinous crime and bring them to justice speedily.”

He extended his “heartfelt condolences to families of the victims, people and government of Anambra state, Nigeria and the Catholic Church over the sad and unfortunate incident.”