Abuja, 08 October, 2021 / 7:54 pm (ACI Africa).
The Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) is calling on the security agents in the West African nation to ensure that those behind the Pastor Yohanna Shuaibu are arrested and charged.
Pastor Yohanna Shuaibu, the chairperson of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Sumaila Local Government Area of Kano State, was reportedly attacked by a Muslim mob on September 22.
“NIREC appeals to the Kano State Command of the Nigeria Police Force to honestly do the needful. NIREC also calls on all the relevant security agencies to properly investigate this gruesome murder and ensure that those found culpable are made to face justice,” officials of the Council say in their October 7 statement.
The religious leaders who include officials of CAN add that those who will be arrested in connection with Pastor Shuaibu’s murder should “be dealt with in accordance with the law of the land.”
Pastor Shuaibu fled his village together with his family on September 21 after tensions arose when a young man, who had left Islam but was not attending church services, killed his sister-in-law by hitting her with a piston during an argument. The Pastor was alleged to have had a hand in the man renouncing Islam.