Early Day Motion·EDM 130
Killing of Christian worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo town, Ondo State, Nigeria
6 June 202221 Signatures
Primary sponsor
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
Motion Text
That this House condemns the killing of Christian worshippers by terrorist gunmen at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo town, Ondo State, Nigeria on Sunday 5 June 2022; offers condolences and sympathies to the friends and family of the 40 worshippers killed during the attack; urges the Buhari Government to take effective action against the Jihadist ideology destroying lives in Nigeria; and calls on the Government to raise security concerns and threats to freedom of religion or belief with its Nigerian counterparts.