Boko Haram Takes over Catholic Church in Adamawa Town
Category: Boko Haram News
The Catholic Church has complained that
Boko Haram insurgents have taken over the parish rectory of its church
and other houses of Christians following last week’s attack on Madagali
in Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria.
Obasogie said this in Madagali, which is a local government that borders Borno and Adamawa States, and the closest town to Gwoza with a large number of Catholics, and members of other Christian denominations.
The church, in an electronic press statement by the Director, Catholic
Social Communications in-charge of the Maiduguri Diocese, Rev. Fr.
Gideon Obasogie, said though the members of the outlawed sect have not
been known to draw a line of demarcation of whom to visit or not to
visit with mayhem, adding that, "in recent times, it seems that
Christians and Christian institutions have been at the receiving end of
the attacks by the terrorists."
Obasogie said this in Madagali, which is a local government that borders Borno and Adamawa States, and the closest town to Gwoza with a large number of Catholics, and members of other Christian denominations.
The town also has a good number of Muslims, he said, stressing that
“the whole town and the parish rectory have been occupied by the
terrorists, so many structures and items have been vandalised. Dozens
have been killed and a lot of church structures have been burnt down”.
He lamented that “Christians in the town are really in a terrible
situation; a moment of great persecution. Christian men are caught and
beheaded, while Christian women are forced to become Muslims and are
taken as wives to the terrorists.
“The houses of Christians that have fled are now occupied by the
terrorists; their cars are used by the terrorists. Some Muslims around
identify Christian homes to be occupied and the Christians hiding were
also exposed and they were killed.
“Strict Sharia Laws have been promulgated, as observed by a woman who luckily escaped the dead zone”.
He added: “The situation as it is has really and truly gone out of
control. People are finding it really hard, citizens are being killed in
their numbers.”
He added: “The situation as it is has really and truly gone out of
control. People are finding it really hard, citizens are being killed in
their numbers.”
He expressed hope that the federal government would be more proactive
in handling the dwindling state of insecurity that has enveloped the
entire North-east.
The clergyman said the Catholic Church was compelled to close down all
the parishes on the major road linking Maiduguri and Adamawa States
because of the acts of terrorism.
Source: ThisDayLive
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