The remains of the last Jos violence
No fewer than eight Christians were killed in Kaduna and Plateau States of Nigeria by some Moslem fundamentalists in a renewed violence on the Christian community, when there villages were attacked, while five Christian homes were burnt down.
In statement by Regional Manager for Africa and South Asia, International Christian Concern (ICC) http://www.persecution.org/, Jonathan Racho, he said that on the night of July 3, several Muslims attacked Kizachi village in Kaduna State and killed five Christians, including a primary school teacher and mother of six children.
“Nigerian sources told ICC that the police had stopped protecting the village on July 2 after the government failed to pay their salaries,” he stated.
He noted that in the second attack, on the night of July 4, 200 Muslims armed with guns and machetes invaded Ganawuri community, near Jos adding that three Christians are feared dead.
Many Christians Killed in Northern Nigeria
Racho said that this latest violence came on the heels of a March 7 jihad attack against Christians in Jos in which over 500 mainly women and children were murdered. “It is estimated that many more thousands of Christians have been killed in northern Nigeria since the introduction of Sharia law in 2001.”
“We are outraged by the latest killings of Christians in northern Nigeria. Once again, Nigerian officials have failed to provide needed security for the citizens of Kaduna and Plateau States. We urge Nigerian authorities to quickly bring all the perpetrators of the attacks to justice and fully investigate the lapse in security, Racho added.”
Comment From Special Task Force
In his own contribution, a spokesperson of the Nigerian military’s Special Task Force (STF), Lt. Col. Kingsley Umoh, stated that the attackers were suspected herdsmen from neighboring communities of Kaduna State.
According to Umoh, STF received a distress call which they responded to, and engaged in a fire fight with the attackers stressing that one of the attackers received gunshot wounds and six were arrested.
“Those arrested have since been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the state police command for further investigations,” he added.
About International Christian Concern
We note that ICC is a Washington-DC based human rights organization that exists to help persecuted Christians worldwide and it provides awareness, advocacy, and assistance to the worldwide persecuted Church. For further information on this and other cases of persecution log on to their website: http://www.persecution.org/
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