By Nsikak Nseyen Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has denied reports that his residence was attacked by...
By Nsikak Nseyen
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of
Sokoto has denied reports that his residence was attacked by protesting Muslim
youths.
DAILY POST had reported that a riot erupted in Sokoto State
over the killing of Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College
of Education for alleged blasphemy.
The unrest, according to a resident on Saturday, was
following the arrest of the suspected killers of Deborah Samuel on Thursday.
The attackers of the Saturday riot, allegedly led by some
clerics, specifically targeted the Catholic and ECWA churches and destroyed
them.
Reports also emerged that St Bahkita, which serves as the
secretariat of the diocese, was set alight by the thugs.
Reacting, Kukah said his residence was not torched by the
rioters.
“No, they did not burn my residence,” he told TheCable.
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