FILE PHOTO: Gunmen opened fire and detonated explosives at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo Nigeria, June 5, 2022 (AP Photo/Rahaman A Yusuf)
Muslims reportedly burned down a Christian church in Nigeria on Aug. 10 in yet another assault on believers that underscores the serious nature of percolating persecution inside the African nation.
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Associate Pastor Samson Ogbebor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News he received news the church was in flames around 3 a.m.
It’s tragically the second time the house of worship, located in the town of Kontagora in Nigeria’s Niger state, has been destroyed. It was an act the Rev. Bulus Dauda Yohanna, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State Chapter, called “barbaric and unwarranted” and “painful.”
As for Ogbebor, he recounted the details of the grievous incident and some of the unfortunate history.
“I got a distress call that our church was on fire, and on getting there I met a church being burned down and properties therein looted by hoodlums,” Ogbebor said. “This church has faced lots of challenges.”
He continued, “About 10 years ago, some Muslim hoodlums came and burnt it down
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