Worried over the incessant killings in the Northern part of the country, Christians in the North-East region have appealed to the federal and state governments across the country to come to their rescue.
A statement by a senior official of the Christian body said that the outlawed Boko Haram sect are moving from house to house in the night to kill Christians in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, and the rural areas of the state.
The statement also revealed that Christians are now afraid anytime Sunday is approaching because their colleagues are being massacred daily despite representations to government and that the Joint Task Force (JTF) to contain the high level of insecurity in the region, arguing that the Federal Government needs to pay more attention to developments in the North-East.
“Christians are frightened for fear of being attacked at anytime to the extent that those who are bold enough to still identify with their faith now do so under cover by hiding their Bibles when going to church,” the message stated, adding that the Federal Government, which “has done well thus far, should intensify efforts to secure the region”, the statement said. “The Federal Government should increase the number of troops to effectively patrol every nook and cranny of the state capital (Borno) because most of the killings now take place in the rural areas of the there.” “No matter what we are facing currently, we still believe in the efficacy of prayers as a way out of this state of insecurity. The situation is very grave and we need God’s intervention to solve it.”
The statement listed the victims of the fundamentalists in one week to include a pastor that was killed last Sunday, a CAN leader, who narrowly escaped being killed as he was chased by militants, two Christians slain on Monday, three on Tuesday, five on Wednesday and 10 on Thursday.
The statement claimed the Boko Haram foot soldiers move from house to house seeking for Christians to kill and forcing their wives and female children to wear hijabs or risk being killed.
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