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A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, sentenced to death four persons convicted over the terrorist attack on the Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, four years ago.

Justice Emeka Nwite handed down the maximum death sentence, shortly after convicting the defendants in the entire nine-count charge brought against them by the federal government.