One of five persons accused by the Department of State Services (DSS) of carrying out the June 5, 2022 attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State, Abdulmalik Omeiza, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja, how he was arrested by the secret police. A total of 41 worshippers were killed during the terror attack on the church, with over 140 others suffering various injuries. The DSS had called 11 witnesses to establish the allegations against the defendants in the trial that began on August 1, 2025. The trial court had admitted the confessional statements of the defendants following the conclusion of the trial- within-trial conducted to establish that the witnesses’ statement were voluntarily given. The five defendants are Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza (25 years), Al Qasim I...