A similar attack on christian worshippers killed 15 people at the University worship center in Kano
Gunmen on motor bike on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. shot Evangelist Nkiruka, her husband and son as they were preparing to go to Church.
Pointblanknews.com learnt that the woman who preaches the word of Jesus Christ was targeted and shot by two gun men who carefully asked questions about her identity.
Sunday’s gruesome murder at Naibawa Quarters have increased the fear of non-natives resident in Kano, particularly the Igbos.
The President of Ohaneze Ndigbo in Kano, Chief Michael Tobias Idika was in tears when he told Poinblanknews.com that in two weeks, over eight Igbos have been killed in Kano by terrorists.
“I call on President Goodluck Jonathan to brace up to the challenges of insecurity in Kano and other northern parts of this country where they have decided to kill people with reckless abandon.
“I have been crying out for a long time, nobody has monopoly of violence and we cannot fold our hands and see our mothers, children and fathers being slaughtered like chicken. Enough is enough!” Idika lamented.
Moments after the gunmen escaped from the scene, Operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF), backed with an armoured tank arrived and cordoned off the area, while some of the security men spread to the adjoining streets, which they According to a source, before the arrival of security men to the scene, sympathizers, who were frightened, had already gathered at the spot but scared to move close to the attacked vehicle, the interior of which was smeared with blood of the three victims.
Meanwhile, the police had evacuated the bodies of the deceased to the mortuary for autopsy.”
However, the Kano state police command has confirmed that seven Churches, eight shops and one house were set on fire, while two people lost their live and two people injured during religious crisis in Bichi.
“The Kano State Police Command wishes to update the general Public about the Civil disturbance in Bichi Town where an Igbo man was accused of blasphemy, based on that some disgruntled elements who doesn’t wish well for the State and the Country at large demonstrated and set.
“Meanwhile ten suspects earlier arrested led to the arrest of other 12 making a total of 22 suspects, disclosing that normalcy has already being restored at Bichi town Public are going about their normal business without any hindrance as Patrol has been intensified, the statement said
“Furthermore, the Command will not relent in its effort to investigate the root of the inferno and whoever is involved will be arrested and face the wrath of the Law accordingly. People should continue to leave in peace and pay due respect to each other’s way of life without any form of provocation, please.”
Source: Pointblank News
Pointblanknews.com learnt that the woman who preaches the word of Jesus Christ was targeted and shot by two gun men who carefully asked questions about her identity.
Sunday’s gruesome murder at Naibawa Quarters have increased the fear of non-natives resident in Kano, particularly the Igbos.
The President of Ohaneze Ndigbo in Kano, Chief Michael Tobias Idika was in tears when he told Poinblanknews.com that in two weeks, over eight Igbos have been killed in Kano by terrorists.
“I call on President Goodluck Jonathan to brace up to the challenges of insecurity in Kano and other northern parts of this country where they have decided to kill people with reckless abandon.
“I have been crying out for a long time, nobody has monopoly of violence and we cannot fold our hands and see our mothers, children and fathers being slaughtered like chicken. Enough is enough!” Idika lamented.
Moments after the gunmen escaped from the scene, Operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF), backed with an armoured tank arrived and cordoned off the area, while some of the security men spread to the adjoining streets, which they According to a source, before the arrival of security men to the scene, sympathizers, who were frightened, had already gathered at the spot but scared to move close to the attacked vehicle, the interior of which was smeared with blood of the three victims.
Meanwhile, the police had evacuated the bodies of the deceased to the mortuary for autopsy.”
However, the Kano state police command has confirmed that seven Churches, eight shops and one house were set on fire, while two people lost their live and two people injured during religious crisis in Bichi.
“The Kano State Police Command wishes to update the general Public about the Civil disturbance in Bichi Town where an Igbo man was accused of blasphemy, based on that some disgruntled elements who doesn’t wish well for the State and the Country at large demonstrated and set.
“Meanwhile ten suspects earlier arrested led to the arrest of other 12 making a total of 22 suspects, disclosing that normalcy has already being restored at Bichi town Public are going about their normal business without any hindrance as Patrol has been intensified, the statement said
“Furthermore, the Command will not relent in its effort to investigate the root of the inferno and whoever is involved will be arrested and face the wrath of the Law accordingly. People should continue to leave in peace and pay due respect to each other’s way of life without any form of provocation, please.”
Source: Pointblank News
No comments:
Post a Comment