Even though Nigeria is approx. 50% Muslim and 50% Christian, it is always the Christians/Catholics who are getting slaughtered by the Muslims. Just today, another Catholic priest was burned to death in his home while another was shot and seriously injured while fleeing the flaming home.
Pulse (h/t Nita) Niger state police spokesperson Wasiu Abiodun said that gunmen unsuccessfully attempted to enter the house of Father Isaac Achi in the early hours of the morning, according to Reuters.
Reports say the bandits stormed the community around 3am on Sunday, January 15, 2023, and began shooting sporadically as they made their way up the hill where the Rev. Father’s house is located.
A resident said that the bandits split themselves into two groups while some dashed to the Catholic priest’s official residence, the other stayed in the town to wade off any form of resistance. After the attackers had failed to gain access to his residence, they resolved to set fire to the building and waited until it burnt to ashes with the Priest inside.
Father Achi burned to death while another priest staying at the house, Father Collins, was shot while fleeing but survived and is currently recovering at a local hospital, Reuters reported. Father Achi belonged to the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in the Paikoro Local Government Area.
The attack follows a broader pattern of violence in Nigeria, where at least 12 Catholic priests and religions men and women were killed in 2022, with dozens more being kidnapped and tortured.
In June, at least 50 people were killed, including women and children, after a group of Muslim gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria.
The incident unfolded at St. Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo, according to Reuters. The gunmen shot people both inside and outside the church, killing and injuring worshippers, Reuters reported, citing police spokesperson for Ondo state, Funmilayo Ibukun Odunlami. Adeyemi Olayemi, a legislator representing Owo in the Ondo State House, told CNN the “attackers came in motorcycles and started shooting sporadically.”
Hartmut says
This worrying trend is spreading throughout all the sub Saharan African continent, with Nigeria with their Fulani Muslim herdsmen being right at the forefront. Also Boko Haram, ISIS and Al Qaeda are heavily stilling up such slaughters.
Raymond Ibrahim runs a comprehensive blog on Gatestone Institute, well worth the read. Genocide no one in the West is talking about.
BareNakedIslam says
Yes, Ibrahim and I have spoken from time to time in the past. He’s great.
snate says
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Az gal says
The United Nations & CongressMuslums wouldn’t ever touch the successful ongoing jihad of slaughtering Christians.
Shame on worldwide Christians doing nothing.
Aaaa says
Because hunting Jews is the easiest
sjill233 says
Yes, but you know what they say in Muslim land? First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people. That simply means they’ll eliminate by genocide, the Jews which pray on Saturday, then the Christians, that pray on Sunday.
Thomas Richard says
Isn’t it time for the Christians to defend themselves? Jesus said, “If you don’t own a sword, sell your cloak and buy one!” Last Supper!