A pastor has allegedly been injured and many houses burnt by
irate youths who went on the rampage over alleged blasphemy in the Katangan
area of Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Details of the incident were still sketchy as of the time of
filing this report.
Our correspondent learnt that trouble started when a message
was allegedly circulated on social media that a Christian girl in the town
allegedly engaged in blasphemy of Islam.
A source, who spoke to our correspondent confirmed the
incident, saying, “Yes, the incident is true. It is an aftermath of the
incident of the alleged blasphemy that happened in Sokoto last week.
“What I learnt was that a Christian girl allegedly posted
and commented on something on social media which has to do with the incident in
Sokoto and that was how it started.
“The situation there is more than tension since many houses
have been burnt down. But no life that was lost, to the best of my knowledge.
“A shop which belongs to an ECWA Church in the area was also
burnt down. And I learnt that the District Head of the area and the leaders are
on top of the situation. The police have also been informed about it.”
Another source said, “We were at home this evening when we
heard shouts from some muslim youths in their numbers who went on the rampage
and besieged an ECWA Church in the area.
“But Christian youths and others resisted and repelled them
but that was after they had burnt down a shop attached to the church. Many
houses were burnt down by the rampaging youths.
“In the process, one
of the pastors of the ECWA church was seriously wounded; as I speak to you now,
efforts are on to save his life.”
One of the leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria
in the state also confirmed the incident to journalists in a telephone
interview.
He said that the Commissioner of Police in the state and the
Senior Special Assistant to the Bauchi State Governor on Christian Religious
Affairs are aware.
He called on the Christian community in the state not to
allow the situation to degenarate.
Efforts to get a confirmation on the incident from the
Bauchi State Police Command proved abortive.
Several calls put through to the Public Relations Officer,
Ahmed Wakil, were neither picked nor returned as of the time of filing this
report.
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