This year's June 12 event, which was originally slated for Sunday, June 12th, 2022, has been canceled by the Ondo State Government.
According to the state administration, the cancellation was forced owing to a terror attack on innocent parishioners at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo on Sunday, June 5, 2022.
According to the Governor's Chief Press Secretary, the cancellation is to give the entire people of Ondo State time to mourn their loved ones who died in the tragic occurrence.
Gunmen terrorized Owo when they assaulted a church where parishioners had assembled for Pentecost.
No fewer than 40 individuals were killed and scores more were injured as a result of the terrible attack.
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu ordered that all flags in the state be flown at half-mast for seven days in honor of the terror attack victims.