A joint effort by the Nigerian army and police earlier today
prevented the attempted burning of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Nyanya
area of the federal capital territory in Abuja .
Sources at the church said that trouble started when a
Hausa-speaking Muslim man in the area was prevented from parking his
car too close to the church building. The measure was put in place as a
way of preventing Islamist militants from attacking Christian places of
worship on Sundays.
The man, however, resisted the police and soldiers guarding the
church. An argument ensued leading to his arrest and humiliation by the
security agents who told him to "frog-jump" in front of the church.
After his release by the police, the man reportedly went into the
community to mobilize some people to attack the church and burn it down.
Panicked church members left the church leaving their cars behind.
However, a swift intervention by police and soldiers prevented the
man and his mob from burning the church. The security agents then
started shooting in the area leading more residents to flee the
immediate vicinity of the crisis.
UPDATE: further information is that
the man arrested and tortured by the soldiers died after he was
tortured. The events following this was a protest by commercial bike
riders in the area to protest his death at the hand of the soldiers
guarding the church. There is still no official confirmation at to what
really transpired in Nyanya. All church members have been released
from the church to go home as shooting the area has died down.
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De con3 is bcomin more unsafe by de day God plz save ur children n our innocent little ones
ReplyDeleteAs if its if dem they ll evn allow a xtian by beside their mosque*smh 4 dis muslims common 2 obey simple order bt if at all he died den de JTF went 2 far n as usual its innocent ppl dat ll suffer
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