Shuaibu Yohanna, the pastor of New Life for all Nation
Church in Masu community, Sumaila LGA of Kano state, has been killed by a mob.
Yohanna was said to have died on September 23 as a result of
fatal wounds he sustained during a mob attack allegedly carried out by some
irate youths of the community.
The pastor was said to have been targeted after a resident
who was believed to have converted to Christianity killed his brother. The culprit
was said to have surrendered himself to the police, but that did not douse the
tension in the community.
Yohanna’s wife was said to have escaped with their children
the night of the attack. The pastor’s house, church and school were reportedly
burnt by the mob.
The state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria
(CAN) has petitioned Abdullahi Ganduje, the governor, demanding the immediate
arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators of the act.
In a statement on Thursday, Samuel Adeyemo, CAN chairman in
the state, described the killing as inhuman.
“The prelude to the event leading to this dastardly and
inhuman act was the family feud that occurred between a young man called Sabo
who eventually killed his brother with a piston on Monday, 20th September 2021.
The said young man, Sabo who is an inconsistent member of the late Pastor
Shuaibu Yohanna’s Church, reported and surrendered himself to the Nigeria
Police Force without an arrest,” Adeyemo said.
“Inexplicably, the killers of our Late Pastor Shuaibu
Yohanna accused him of ensuring the said Sabo reported and surrendered himself
to the Nigeria Police Force and insinuated that the step lawfully taken, was an
attempt to protect Sabo from jungle justice. This is the main accusation
against Late Pastor Shuaibu Yohanna.
“Pst Shuaibu as a Peace-loving Christian Community Leader
who coordinates over 100 indigenous Churches, with tens of thousands of
worshippers in the entire Sumaila Local Government Area, Kano State, attended
the Muslim funeral of the Sabo’s sister-in-law which he killed, not knowing
that a plot was been hatched against his life.
“He was macheted severally on his head and face with some
part of his skull exposed as a result of the visible and deadly matchet wounds.
The assailants left Pastor Shuaibu in his pool of blood almost dead. The
Christian Association of Nigeria CAN Kano State Chapter the following day
Thursday September 23, 2021, visited Masu village where the incident occurred
and saw the horrible scene of the incident.”
“Furthermore, we demand that all the destroyed Church
building and properties, the burnt school buildings and staff office and his
destroyed and burnt house and properties be adequately rebuilt and compensated
for. In the same vein, there is the need for the state government to be all out
to give the people living in the state adequate security to protect their lives
and properties not minding their tribe, religion or status.”
The association, however, commended the spontaneous response
of the commissioner of police and the director of the Department of State
Services (DSS) who were copied in the petition.
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