Muslims attack Catholic church on Friday, casualties recorded

– Muslim youths reportedly carried out said
act after the Jumat prayer
– Sources say the church’s security man
was beaten to a pulp
– Attack comes barely one week after Redeemed pastor’s wife lost her life in gruesome murder
Some youths were said to have attacked a Catholic church in Niger state on Friday, with the excuse that ‘Friday belongs to them’.
According to Daily Post, the youths laid
siege on St. Philip’s Catholic Parish, Baki
Iku, not so far from Zuma Rock in the state,
and eyewitnesses reported that the
Catholics had gone to church for prayers
when the incident occurred.
It was gathered that the Muslims laid claim
on Friday as their day of worship, noting that
the Christians were only allowed to worship
on Sundays after which they (Muslims)
destroyed the church’s properties.

A source disclosed that, “although some
soldiers managed to get there but a lot of
harm had been done to the building, while the
Christians ran away in different directions to
avoid being killed.”
The Vicar-General of the diocese, Rev (Fr)
Luka Sylvester Gopep, also confirmed the
incident, saying: “Sometime around 2pm,
some Muslim youths in their hundreds left
their Mosque after their Friday Jumat prayer
and rushed to the Church premises, climbed
the wall and destroyed everything in the
Church: the windows, the alter, musical
instruments, the chapel.
“The security man in the church premises was
beaten to pulp. Some women who were
holding a prayer meeting were chased away.
The seminarian who is resident in the
premises was also beaten up and chased
away.”
This incident is likely to irk Christians all
over the country again as recently, a
pastor’w wife, Mrs Eunice Olawale Elisha,
was murdered in cold blood by some
Muslims in Kubwa area of Abuja, Nigeria’s
federal capital, for reportedly preaching in
their area.
Christians were after the incident, asked to
protect themselves as the leadership of the
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)
described the recent killing of Christians as
brutal and unacceptable, adding: “authority’s
inaction is becoming unbearable and may not
be tolerated anymore.”....