April
2015
A pastor’s daughter was killed and a church destroyed when local youths
wielding machetes attacked a village in Kano state.
The mob set fire to the home of Rev Habila Garba in Gidan Maso village –
after failing to find a Christian whom they reportedly wanted to kill for
turning away from Islam. The
pastor’s daughter was trapped inside her home and
suffocated.
The mob attacked local Christians with machetes, leaving two of them with
broken arms. They also burned down the village’s Baptist church in the attack
last Wednesday.
PLEASE
PRAY for our brother, Rev
Habila, and his family as they come to terms with their loss. Pray that the
Christians of Gidan Maso will have the strength to persist in their faith and
not to retaliate. Pray for wisdom for Nigeria’s new Government as well as
determination to tackle religiously motivated violence.
(Source: CSW). Release Int.
