The cleric spoke shortly after a Palm Sunday Mass at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Akure.
The governor said that the gathering was to thank God for the outgone year and to seek divine guidance for the new year.
He said that the act has also reawakened the pains of families of victims and casualties of the attack.
Jude Arogundade, the Catholic Bishop of Ondo Diocese, has called on President Bola Tinubu to initiate a national dialogue to address the country’s security challenges
Mr Arogundade superficially condemned the Buhari regime for not apologising that it had failed the people of the country.
The Church was reopened for Easter service as a mark of honour to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
St Francis Catholic Church is located in Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s hometown of Owo.
“We have failed to defend these people. Not because we have not tried but because these forces on the other side are evil and they have support.”
The governors pledged alongside their Ondo state counterpart that the killers would be hunted down and brought to book.
