On May 13, ChristianPersecution.com reported on the murder of Deborah Samuel, a Nigerian Christian student who was accused of “blasphemy.” Now another Christian woman in Nigeria has narrowly escaped the same fate.
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“Alleged Blasphemy: Another Christian Woman Escapes Being Lynched In Bauchi,” by Ishola Michael, Nigerian Tribune, May 22, 2022:
BARELY one week after Miss Deborah Yakubu, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education was gruesomely killed in Sokoto for alleged blasphemy, another Christian woman on Friday evening, narrowly escaped being lynched in Katanga, the headquarters of Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The woman, Rhoda Jatau, a 40-year-old mother of four and a health worker with the Warji Local Government Area, was accused of posting a video on her office’s WhatsApp platform which was considered disrespectful to Islam, sparking the fury of the Muslim community.
According to reports from the area, Muslim youths conducted a thorough search for the woman immediately after Jummaat prayers but were unable to locate her, having learnt of the plot to attack her, she was whisked away to safety by security operatives.
Outraged at not finding her, the Muslim youths began damaging properties belonging to Christians in the area, torching a few buildings and injuring a few Christians, including the pastor of an ECWA Church.
It was gathered that Christian youths and security operatives in the area prevented the mob from torching any church auditorium in the area.
According to reports, 10 persons were injured, including Reverend Ishaku Dano of the English section of the ECWA Church in Katanga, who is currently undergoing treatment at an undisclosed health facility in the state.
Meanwhile, the state governor, Senator Bala Mohammed who visited Katangan Warji to see the extent of damage done by the irate youths declaring that his administration will not tolerate any act of lawlessness vowing to deal with perpetrators of such….
