The sacred Heart Minor Seminary, Jalingo, Taraba state, has resumed its activities a week after suffering an attack from armed Fulani herdsmen.
The herdsmen had on Monday last week, attacked the Seminary in Jalingo and shot a priest, Rev. Fr. Cornelius Kobah, while some students were beaten with some property destroyed.
Bishop Charles Hammawa of the Catholic Diocese of Jalingo, had shut down all activities in the school for one week, following the attack on school to enable students overcome the trauma of the incident.
The rector of the Seminary, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Atsue, while addressing students at the reopening, urged them not to allow the attack distract them from their studies.
Atsue also told the students that a permanent security arrangement would be made to ensure their safety.
He said, “The 10 policemen deployed immediately after the attack are still on the ground, but we are going to make a permanent security arrangement with the Police for your safety before the end of the week.
“I also want you to continue to pray hard. I have a strong conviction that the May Devotion we are doing also helped in reducing the magnitude of the attack.
“Even as you pray, you must be on the alert as you have always been and report any threat to appropriate authorities in the school,” he admonished.
Some of the Seminarians including, Terlanga Nev and Peter Benjamin, who spoke to the Punch, said they have since put the attack behind them.
“I was one of the persons the attackers first met when they invaded our school last week, but God spared me and others and the same God is alive.
“I strongly believe that God will continue to protect us, so we have nothing to fear,” said Nev.
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