The armed men entered the church in south-west Nigeria during a service killing several people.
Gunmen have killed church worshippers in Ondo state, south-west Nigeria.
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, witnesses said.Kidnappings and attacks have been reported across the vast country.But a doctor at a local hospital, quoted by the Reuters news agency, said that "several worshippers were brought in dead".
"No matter what, this country shall never give in to evil and wicked people," President Buhari said in a statement. He is in the final year of his two-term presidency and has been criticised for failing to get to grips with the country's security problems.
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