Nigeria: Emir orders church rebuilding, warns against further attacks

The Emir of Kano has ordered the rebuilding of a Baptist church and pastor's house in Rogo Local Government Area (LGA), Kano State, and has warned against any further attacks on churches within his emirate. The church and pastor's house had been destroyed in violence that resulted in the death of the pastor's daughter.

Fifteen people have been arrested in connection to the attack on the church and pastor's house in Gidan Maso Village on the evening of 1 April, which claimed the life of the daughter of Reverend Habila Garba. Local Muslim youths set fire to her home and church after failing to locate a Christian man who had briefly converted to Islam before returning to Christianity.

On 9 April, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi II, summoned Rev Haliba Garba, the Rogo District Head, the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Rogo and the CAN public relations officer to his palace to express dismay over the incident. He warned the District Head that such an incident should never be repeated in Rogo or anywhere else in the Kano State Emirate and ordered him to contact the LGA Chairman to facilitate the rebuilding of the church and pastor's house, sending a letter to the Chairman to that effect.

At a press conference in Abuja, General Ishaku Ahmed Dikko (Rtd.), president of Tarayyar Masihiyawan Nijeriya (a Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri Christian organisation) said: "The action of the Emir has really rekindled the hope of all oppressed Hausa Fulani Kanuri Christians not only in Kano State but in all states where our people reside."

Prior to the Emir's intervention, a Kano State official who had visited the area to assess the situation had caused consternation by reportedly dismissing the violence as a minor incident that had attracted unwarranted publicity. General Dikko also called for action against four youth who were "roaming about boasting and threatening the Christians because they have not been arrested."

Mervyn Thomas, Chief Executive of Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said: "We applaud the decisive intervention by the Emir of Kano to ensure justice and restitution. Without his proactive intervention this appalling incident that claimed an innocent life would merely have been the latest occurrence in a litany of injustices suffered by religious minorities in Shari'a states. We encourage others in authority to emulate the Emir by ensuring equality before the law, justice and restitution regardless of the ethnicity or creed of victims of violence. If this occurs, his commendable initiative could mark the beginning of the erosion of impunity surrounding religion-related violence."




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I love this Sanusi like..... I just wish he is not an emir. It would av been wonderful to have him in GMB government. But all the same, rankadede YRH.

Nice step...

ramdris:
I love this Sanusi like..... I just wish he is not an emir. It would av been wonderful to have him in GMB government. But all the same, rankadede YRH.

exactly.... ...every time I see him in that emir dress.....i just feel like crying... such a waste

Eshinwaju:


exactly.... ...every time I see him in that emir dress.....i just feel like crying... such a waste

Lol!... it's not actually a waste. I believe he GMB will still consult him on some issues. He will play a key role in GMB government. Though underground...

A nigeria for all.

Who is sanusi fooling? now that is muslim brother is elected he is trying 2 make his emirate appear tolerant of other faith.
We are watching!
Christains in kano state and other muslim dominated states know my point.

ramdris:
I love this Sanusi like..... I just wish he is not an emir. It would av been wonderful to have him in GMB government. But all the same, rankadede YRH.

That was exactly my point wen he was named the emir of kano, i strongly believe we need him more in the political circle than in the emirate

If this man had contested for president, some would have said he will islamicize Nigeria.

Nice one but rebuilding is not the problem. The perpetrators of the arson should be brought to justice and not freed like we witnessed in 2011 where the President-elect and his then party (CPC) secured the bail of perpetrators of post-election violence. Sanusi must as a matter of importance forestall further attacks.

Islamists and violent mentality. This man you intend forcing Islam on was a Christian converted to Islam, yet Christians never took up arms for whatever reason but when he made a u-turn and went back to Christianity then the same people who taught us that religion is not by compulsion wasted a life in trying to force him back

Very laudable move by the emir. A lost life cannot be replaced, but once you provide succour and guarantee each person freedom of worship,you have gone a long way in comforting family of the deceased.
Besides, we are not the original worshippers of the God we all now revere and sometimes in our overzealousness regrettably kill our fellow human beings for.Its just that in Him we have come to find solace,hope and peace of mind,particularly in times of our greatest despair.

Taaa...pretender! Bloody pretender!! Rebuild and organize your bh army once again to hail fire on innocent worshippers. Mtcheew.

barcanista:
Nice one but rebuilding is not the problem. The perpetrators of the arson should be brought to justice and not freed like we witnessed in 2011 where the President-elect and his then party (CPC) secured the bail of perpetrators of post-election violence. Sanusi must as a matter of importance forestall further attacks.

This fool didn't see where it was written that 10 people have been arrested.
Barcanista I'm so sorry for you

This man is a true Nigerian.

THIS IS NIGERIA WHERE INTELLECTS LIKE SANUSI BECOME CEREMONIAL MONARCHS WHILE PEOPLE WITH FAR LESS CREDENTIALS BECOME PRESIDENTS.
WHEN WILL MERIT BE THE BASIS FOR ATTAINMENT IN THIS CRAZY SOCIETY OF OURS?

Allah ya albarkace ku da sarki


Long live Sanusi Lamido

So that they can burn it again
Ndi ara

Nice one. hope he will also worship there

How I wish all humans can emulate this apogee of religious tolerance shown by the emir. The world would be a far better place. Instead of attacking one another and throwing invectives, it's better to build and live right in the face of God

Good one

With whose money?


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This a step towards reassuring the people that we can still live together politics aside.

This is dedicated to those haters spewing trash here cuz he decided to do his duty as a king, he is the emir of Kano and not the emir of just the Muslims in Kano.

Is he going to bring back the lost lives?

keep dreaming lol

wellmax:
Nice one. hope he will also worship there

good news

The way some people reason baffles me alot chaiii, was his mosque not attacked by this same insurgence? You can never please a nigerian, if he built the mosque back and neglect the church they will spew trash, now he offered to build it again they still spewing trash around

babyosisi:
So that they can burn it again
Ndi ara

You know a good man by their actions.
GEJ n PDP sacked a good man for saying the truth about the missing N20b.
PDP and Boko haram are synonymous.
I dont kn hw to thank God for liberating Nigeria from this evil cult called PDP.
Even if we are not yet there, the journey has just started.

Good

Ewu awusa!!

Will he also bring back the life of the innocent pastor's daughter who was killed by the muslims in Kano?