Boko Haram.

Nov 30 2011.

As eight more churches are attacked in Nigeria, Release partners fear militants want to divide the nation like Sudan, creating an Islamist north. 

Islamist militant group Boko Haram have attacked eight churches in northern Nigeria, following an earlier, separate, attack on Plateau State which claimed the lives of 45 Christians. Release partner, Stefanos Foundation, fears militants are trying to divide Nigeria like Sudan, to create a new Islamic nation in the north.

 In the latest incident on November 26, the Islamist sect Boko Haram bombed the township of Geidam in north-east Nigeria. Release partners say they attacked eight churches, along with the Police Headquarters. [Release International.]