The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has condemned the killing of 16 travellers in Uromi, Esan North Local Government Area of Edo state.
The National Secretary of the association, Bishop David Bakare, made the remark while speaking to newsmen on Sunday in Kaduna.
While appealing against reprisal attacks, the cleric called for thorough investigations into the killing to ensure that the perpetrators are fished out and brought to justice to serve as a deterrent to future occurrences.
The PFN National Secretary stated that their prayers are with the families of the deceased, stressing that Nigeria needs all the peace at this material time.
The travellers, said to be of northern extraction, were travelling from Elele, Rivers State, to Kano on Thursday, March 27, for Sallah when they were intercepted by a vigilante group in Uromi.
The vigilante group suspected the travellers to be kidnappers after they found dane guns in the truck they were travelling in.
The development led to the killing of the travellers by members of the group.
