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https://www.persecutionblog.com/2007/06/muslim-rule-in-.html 29, 2007
Muslim Rule in Nigeria’s Kebbi State Chokes Church
For Kebbi state pastor Nuhu Mamman, to become a Christian was to have a death sentence passed on the life he knew: converting killed his past, and his future appeared moribund as family, friends and fiancée abandoned him. Raised a Muslim, Mamman received Christ as a young man in 1969. Learning to read and write using only the Bible, Rev. Mamman never attended elementary or high school but ended up attending seminary and becoming pastor of a church with over 2,000 members. Converts to Christianity still face humiliation and stigma, he said. “We are always being forced to transfer former Muslims who have become Christians to other parts of this country in order to shield them from persecution,” Rev. Mamman said. Obtaining places for converts from Islam to worship is problematic; the state finds pretexts for preventing construction of churches or demolishing existing ones, and Muslim extremists burn down sanctuaries.

https://www.worthynews.com/2258-more-churches-destroyed-in-northern-nigeria-2

MORE CHURCHES DESTROYED IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
Sharia-related Tension Continues to Breed Violence
by Obed Minchakpu

GUSAU, Nigeria (Compass) -- At least five churches were destroyed during February in northern Nigeria as the controversial implementation of Islamic law continued in several states.

St. Dominic's Catholic Church was demolished on February 14 in Dashi, a village located 12 kilometers from Gusau, the state capital of Zamfara state. Zamfara Governor Alhaji Ahmed Sani had forcefully converted the church into an Islamic school in January.

Christian Leaders told Compass that some of the persons who attacked the church have been arrested and that it has been confirmed that they were instructed to carry out the demolition by unnamed Muslim leaders in the state. The attackers were said to be angered that Christian leaders criticized the conversion of the church to an Islamic school.

However, Alhaji Kaka Abdullahi Dashi, the Muslim village chief of Dashi, said nobody contacted him before the church demolition was carried out. He also said he had always lived peacefully with his neighbors irrespective of their religious persuasions.

Zamfara State Police Commissioner Aaron Ibiloye said that police had arrested three suspects, all Muslims: Bala Musa Amulle, Umaru Helema, and Mamman Tunlubuchi. Ibiloye said that the suspects confessed to demolishing the church building. The three are being held in custody while they await trial.

Governor Sani declared Zamfara an Islamic state in 1999, despite protests by Christians in Nigeria against the introduction of Islamic law. Christians hinged their protests on the fact that the Nigerian Constitution forbids states from adopting any religion as the state religion.

On February 24, riots in Gombe town of Gombe state by Muslims primarily from the Shia Islamic sect resulted in two churches being burned and an unknown number of deaths. The police would not disclose the number of Christians killed during the riots for fear it would incite reprisals from the Christian community.

Gombe State Deputy Commissioner of Police James Duke said the rioters set ablaze Calvary Baptist Church and another church and destroyed other Christian property. He said they were protesting against the visit to Gombe on February 20 of the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria. At the same time, they were pressing for the implementation of the Islamic legal system in the state, Duke said.

The deputy police commissioner told Compass that five rioters were killed when they attacked policemen who were trying to control the rampage. Police officials said they were forced to use live bullets to quell the riots when they discovered the rioters had sophisticated military weapons to attack Christians and other unsuspecting members of the public. Forty Muslims were arrested. They are being held in custody awaiting trial. Police did not specify what types of weapons the rioters carried.

Gombe State Governor Alhaji Abubakar Hashidu confirmed the killing of five persons and said the situation has been brought under control. He maintained that he had no right to refuse to receive a visiting ambassador accredited by the Federal Government of Nigeria and could not condone the riots.

But he assured Muslims in the state that his administration would implement the Islamic legal system and urged them to be calm.

Governor Hashidu disclosed that books on Islamic jurisprudence have been obtained by the government in preparation for the implementation of the Islamic legal system, or "sharia." He has directed the "khadis" (Islamic judges) to prepare for the application of the Islamic penal code in the state.

Gombe state has continued to experience sharia-induced violence despite assurances by the government that the introduction of the Islamic legal system would not undermine the peaceful co-existence between Muslims and Christians. Late last year, 25 persons were killed in Muslim-Christian clashes.

Also in February, two churches were burned in Hadejia town of Jigawa state during a religious conflict. St. James Anglican Church and a Pentecostal church were set ablaze by Muslim extremists demonstrating against the existence of churches in a sharia state.

Borno To Demolish Churches For The Construction Of Housing Units


apprehensions among Christians in Borno State following attacks by the Boko Haram Islamic sect has taken a new dimension as the state government intensifies efforts to demolish over 20 churches and schools built by the churches.

The development has therefore continued to fuel speculations about the desperation to Islamize the country beginning from Northern Nigeria.

Our correspondent reliably gathered that “the state government will embark on the demolition exercise any moment from now.”

Sources hinted that the Borno state government has already dispatched a notice to the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria and owners of farmlands in the area, intimating them of the plan to acquire the structures for a 1000 housing units.

A leaflet from the office of the Borno State Ministry of Lands and Survey dated August 20 and signed by one Musa Ummate (O/C Land Administration) on behalf of the commissioner was obtained by journalists on Sunday in Abuja.

The leaflet is entitled: “Notice of Acquisition and assessment/valuation of structures on proposed site for 1000 Housing Units along Gubio Road Highway.”

It reads: “I am directed to refer to you farmers and holders of structures on the proposed site for the matter captioned above and regret to inform you that the executive governor has by the power conferred on him by Section (2)b of the Land Use Act 1978 directed through high powered committee on construction Ref. no: HPCC/2500/HE/S/TEC/1 to notify you of his intention to acquire your farm lands and assessment/valuation of the structures on the proposed site situated along Gubio Road, Maiduguri.

“The acquisition is necessary in view of requirements of the land by the state government for overriding public interest to construct a Housing Estate. The affected farmers and holders of structures are to take note and appear on site for the above exercise, please.”

However, our correspondent learnt from reliable sources that the state government has no plan to develop any housing estate but to destroy the churches and over 20 private schools built by the churches.

A source said, “Over 20 churches and many schools will be affected. The lands on which the churches were built were bought from farmers and they have the authority and certificate of the District Head in Maiduguri popularly called Bulama. The land was not under the Ministry when it was bought.

“The Christians went for the meeting called by the governor and for several hours, the governor didn’t come out to see them. It is always difficult for Christians to get a land in Maiduguri. Even after getting the land, the government won’t give you Certificate of Occupancy. They compensated all Borno muslims who were victims of Boko Haram. But how many Christians were compensated?”

When contacted, the General Secretary of CAN, Dr. Musa Asake, confirmed the development but called on Borno State government to have a rethink.

He said, “We have seen that eviction notice from the Borno state government. We are all Nigerians and there are other places where the state government can develop. The areas being earmarked for demolition are already developed with churches and schools.



http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/21166-tension-in-maiduguri-as-govt-moves-to-demolish-20-churches,-schools.html

May 11, 2001

BAUCHI, Nigeria (Compass) -- The Bauchi state government in northern Nigeria has threatened to demolish two churches for zoning violations.

An April 28 letter from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Environment accused the churches -- Deeper Life Bible Church and Spirit Life Assembly International -- of illegally occupying areas "officially designed for residential use," and asked them to close or be demolished. Both churches are located in Bauchi City, the state capital.

The Bauchi state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) reacted to the threat by accusing the state government of hindering the development and growth of churches and Christian activities.

Rev. Dauda Marafa and Rev. Iliya Hassan, chairman and secretary of CAN, said the threat to the churches has shown a systematic strategy adopted by the state government to persecute Christians since the introduction of "sharia," or Islamic law.

The Christian leaders petitioned the Bauchi State Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Environment to stop the planned demolition of the churches to avert what they called "a quagmire in the state."

In their letter to the commissioner, the CAN officials stated that the two churches had acquired their certificates of occupancy (C of O) from the government in regard to the land where the churches were built.

"That church (Spirit Life Assembly) bought (the land at) No. 5 Corowa Road, Commercial Layout, off Maiduguri by-pass Bauchi -- it is covered by C of O No. 2051," the letter stated.

"It offends our sensibilities that you refer to our churches -- in properties duly acquired by us -- as unlawful activities, when mosques are springing up without proper acquisition of land."

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Yusuf54:
Omo Yoruba ni mi.Southwest is very Peacefulllllllll....Ask me another question...We dont have people like Evans and Wadumeeeeeee

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Oyoruba Muslim fool

Rivers and the Better South is Christian.

All Christians in the north be it migrants or indigenes should relocate to the better south.

Let us leave these bastards to their own device.

Yusuf54:
You didn't say this when Wike demolished Mosque

This demolition of Churches happened in 2014

Olodo Muslim

Yusuf54:
Se Wike don develop Rivers state ?

And what has your Boko Khalifar Buhari done for your Boko goat fcking diseased illiterate region!

Birminghamvirgo:
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may God Almighty 4give u.

Fish food

Hypnotism:
I love your explanation but don’t come back to wail or lamenting to report to UN when paid in kind.

https://www.nairaland.com/5055110/el-rufai-moves-against-dunamis#81802241

Bring it on!

The atlantic has more than enough room to accommodate all you dead bokos.

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adekolaelect:
are you OK? but you are among of those stupid guys who supported woke for demolished the Mosque .

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We are going to promote the adoption of Cannon laws and ban Muslims and Jews from the better south.

If you can have your satanic sharia, we will declare our region as a Christiandom and appoint a Pope as well to coincide with your Sultan and force the Nigerian govt to make provisions in the constitution to accommodate and recognise our Pope.

Yeye

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Hypnotism:
I no fit laugh, all those praising n supportering Wike for destroying a mosque are already trooping in to condemn Elrufia for wanting to destroy a church. This country funny die ! E no fit beta for Britain wey join us together.

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Northern governors have been demolishing churches since 1914 AD for no just reason. Wike, out of illegal occupation and backed by a court ruling sacks not only that useless mosque but 3 other churches and you satanic hypocrites are attacking him.

Well, I know that it is both Wike's stand on piping sea water to your desolate north in place of Ruga and his declaration of Rivers as Christian that is paining you head slammers.

Nothing you can ever do to change our stance against your lame fulanization and islamization agenda.

Go to Afonja land and forget the better South.

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Abdulhakeem7:
You are the greatest hypocrite. When the northerners rolled out Sharia law did they use it to marginalize the christian and Christianity or did they demolish any church in the north? God sees you all

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Sharia was used by northern politicians to check Obasanjo's govt.


Obasanjo ignored your foolishness and continued with his presidency only for you to activate sharia 2.0 under Jonathan to cause insecurity in the north to force him out of power.

Last last nah una dey kill una self.

Enjoy your insecurity with your stupidity but remember that Rivers and the Better South is Christian and a no go area for you jihadist goat farkers.

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Omeizadean:
Idiots like u will go to any length to back his lies that kano is Islamic state but they will still be the one crying foul that Christians are not being treated equal there. My question is if u so much believe this ur claim why u all Christian charlatans CAN inclusive didn't stay keep mum about all that u claimed is happening in kano since it's Islamic state?

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Fool, is Kano not operating sharia law complete with hisbah Brigade and sharia courts?

Keep deceiving yourselves with your watery taqiyya.

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gotnel:
This op is raising alarm where there is non. How did the OP arrived at fourteen churches already demolished?
God almighty saves your people.

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Another Muslim vermin spewing his taqiyya.

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Jmlsm:
Well, I don't know how many people will believe this lies, but I live in Gusau all my life and Tudun Wada in particular, and there in no time I ever heard of Government or someone trying to demolish a single church in Zamfara, even though there are more than 50 or churchs in Gusau alone. And almost all of them were build without any permission from ministry of Land or even ZAGIS.

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Taqiyya

BafanaBafana:
Please disregard any post from this guy. He is a disciple of satan. Lying is his natural language

We will destroy you with the truth.

Rivers and the entire better South will never be deceived by your taqiyya.
.we are waiting for your zombie horde to come and invade us under that satanic black standard of jihad.

You will surely dip your Koran in the ocean with it tied to your necks.

This Ruga caliphate you are planning will surely see to more fish food.

plaindealer:
It's fake.

Liar.

Muslims are liars!

We will not be deceived by your lies anymore.

We will destroy you and send whatever remnants of your populace to Niger Republic.

Liars

snrman:
How do people believe whatever they see online

Your taqiyya is weak.

What I do know is that buhari and his bokos will not end up well.

You liars will follow him to the grave.

The Crusade is about to commence and we will drive you bokos to the desolate desert to reunite with your shaitan.

Liars

gotnel:
This op is raising alarm where there is non. How did the OP arrived at fourteen churches already demolished?
God almighty saves your people.

This Taqiyya is weak.

The crusade will soon begin and we will chase all of you to the desolate deserts where you belong.

Muslim liars!

helinues:
Op is a Christian extremist


The churches are yet to be demolished . The source is even questionable

Fool, this article is from 2013 and the churches have since been demolished.

You will end up in hell for all your lies.

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Seetto:
That is the real Jesus, prophet ISA may the PEACE AND BLESSING OF ALLAH BE UPON HIM, AMEEN, not the whitish monkey you worship that was nailed and condemn on a tree alongside an incarcerated thieves.

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Prophet Isa?

Your demonic possessed gonorrhoea suffering fake prophet could not and can never mention the name of YESHUA!

Plaigaristic religion of an illiterate Arab terrorist can not tell me who YESHUA is.

Rivers is for Christ.

If you don't like this go and meet your zombie living dead Boko Khalifar to start jihad on us and see if you won't end up in the atlantic with your terror manual.

Boko

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cathodekazim:
If wike is the only identity left of a Christian, I'd rather worship Judaism.

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Wike has stood up for Christians and Christianity more than that charlatan bastard Judas Osinbajo and his ananias model priest Adeboye.

I stand with Wike for his rejection of Ruga, declaration of Rivers as rightly Christian and his demolition of that satanic Moslem shrine called mosque.

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Seetto:
Wike can proclaim the whole Niger delta as Christian states , but demolishing mosque is very wrong, he has gone too far, his action must be condemn.
Now tagging mosque as useless mosque, how will you feel if I said the Jesus you worship is a useless Jesus..

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You that said in this same thread that Jesus is a white monkey currently being boiled in hell.

You are a muslim liar destined for Hell.

https://believersportal.com/nigeria-jigawa-state-government-demolish-churches/

Nigeria: Jigawa State Government Demolish Churches
Nigeria is currently at number 12 on Open Doors World Watch list of Christian persecution.

Persecution of Christians in Nigeria’s northern states appears to be on the rise again with reports that churches are being demolished in the state capital of Jigawa, according to World Watch Monitor.

The Redeem Christian Church of God and the Lord Chosen Church in the capital Dutse are the latest to have been bulldozed,Civic authorites said they were demolished because they had not been registered.

Rev Yakubu Musa, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Jigawa, said that during the demolition, police blocked church doors to stop members entering, and chased off any they saw trying to take photographs

Musa said: “It was a terrible experience, with so many Christians who witnessed the demolition crying. I felt so bitter because we were in a situation where you have been cheated and you cannot talk.”

He said there had been no notice of demolition. He also insisted the leaders of both churches had applied for the necessary permits to exist, but had been refused.Six more churches have been earmarked for demolition by authorities in Jigawa State.World Watch Monitor
Neither church was new.

The Lord Chosen Church was 17 years old and the Redeem Christian Church of God had been there for eight years.

Musa added: “I was very angry because there were two mosques in that same place, but none of these mosques were demolished. There is also another building belonging to a Muslim person, which was marked for demolition, but they only concentrated on the church buildings because we are not many and we don’t have anyone in the government to speak for us.”

“They just came in unexpectedly and they demolished everything. Nobody was allowed to remove any valuables in the church buildings and other nearby properties,” said Musa.
Both churches had applied for official registration documents, he said, but the government had refused to grant them. In all, more than 30 churches in the state are in the same situation, having applied for but been refused registration documents.

Fourteen Churches in Zamfara State, in Northern Nigeria are now facing demolition threat by the state government, which claims that there are too many Christian worship centers in the state. Zamfara state, which spearheaded the adoption of Islamic law in northern Nigeria contrary to the country's secular constitution, is predominantly Muslim, populated with less than a five percent Christian population.

The Chairman of the State Christian Complaint Commission, David Ishaya said last week in an interview in Kaduna, northern Nigeria political headquarters, that the State Commissioner of Lands and Housing, Alhaji Hassan Nasihu gave the directive for the demolition.

Among Churches slated for demolition in Gusau, the state capital, are the branches of Deeper Life Bible Church, Mountain of Fire and Miracle, Assemblies of God and Winners Chapel whose leaders have been invited for a meeting ahead of the demolition.

Apart from churches in the state capital, the Anglican Church in Kaura, Namoda, has been sealed up following disagreement over the ownership of the land of which the over 30 years Church was built.

Ishaya quoted the Commissioner for Lands, as saying that there was need to drastically reduce the number and curtail the growth of Churches in the state.

The Catholic Church and the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) according to the Commissioner have enough land to themselves and the other denominations should merge with them.

"Life in Zamfara is traumatic for Christians" the Chairman of the Christian Complaint Commission stated arguing that contrary to the state government's propaganda, the Sharia legal system was meant to annihilate Christians in Zamfara state.

He said Christians in Zamfara must be allowed to live as free citizens and practice their faith as provided for in the country's constitution.
https://www.worthynews.com/590-14-churches-slated-for-demolition-in-northern-nigeria

Fourteen Churches in Zamfara State, in Northern Nigeria are now facing demolition threat by the state government, which claims that there are too many Christian worship centers in the state. Zamfara state, which spearheaded the adoption of Islamic law in northern Nigeria contrary to the country's secular constitution, is predominantly Muslim, populated with less than a five percent Christian population.

The Chairman of the State Christian Complaint Commission, David Ishaya said last week in an interview in Kaduna, northern Nigeria political headquarters, that the State Commissioner of Lands and Housing, Alhaji Hassan Nasihu gave the directive for the demolition.

Among Churches slated for demolition in Gusau, the state capital, are the branches of Deeper Life Bible Church, Mountain of Fire and Miracle, Assemblies of God and Winners Chapel whose leaders have been invited for a meeting ahead of the demolition.

Apart from churches in the state capital, the Anglican Church in Kaura, Namoda, has been sealed up following disagreement over the ownership of the land of which the over 30 years Church was built.

Ishaya quoted the Commissioner for Lands, as saying that there was need to drastically reduce the number and curtail the growth of Churches in the state.

The Catholic Church and the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) according to the Commissioner have enough land to themselves and the other denominations should merge with them.

"Life in Zamfara is traumatic for Christians" the Chairman of the Christian Complaint Commission stated arguing that contrary to the state government's propaganda, the Sharia legal system was meant to annihilate Christians in Zamfara state.

He said Christians in Zamfara must be allowed to live as free citizens and practice their faith as provided for in the country's constitution.
https://www.worthynews.com/590-14-churches-slated-for-demolition-in-northern-nigeria

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Muslim extremists destroyed several churches and a pastor's house in the latest religious violence to hit Nigeria's northern Kano state, church representatives and rights activists said Friday, May 21.

One of the buildings and the pastor’s house were set ablaze on the premises of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) at Kwasam, in the Kiru Local Government area, while another building under construction was demolished, the church said.

Local Christians estimated that over 100 young people were involved in this week's attacks in the predominantly Muslim area.

Reverend Lado Abdul, who chairs the ECWA in Kano, linked the violence to youth who had abandoned the church after they "were converted to Islam." He said local Muslims objected to the presence of his church in the region.

Right group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), which has closely monitored the case, said the ECWA Church leadership had earlier been forced to appear before a Shari’a court.

INDIGENOUS TRIBES

"Since its members are from tribes indigenous to the area, the church argued that the land on which the church stood was their inheritance, adding that they had nowhere else to go. Nevertheless, the court ruled in favor of the complainants."

Earlier the Baptist Church in the area of Banaka, Takai LGA, was also destroyed on May 15, CSW said, adding that "The church has now faced demolition on four separate occasions."

"After the previous demolition, a group of Christians from Kastina State paid for the construction of a new building, and also drilled a well for church members to use. However, during the demolition, the well was blocked off completely," CSW said in a statement.

CSW National Director Stuart Windsor National Director said the demolitions "violate Nigeria’s constitutional and international legal undertakings to uphold religious freedom and freedom of assembly."

While nobody was injured in these incidents, the attacks have underscored mounting tensions between Christians and Muslims in the country, where thousands have died in recent years in sectarian clashes.
https://www.worthynews.com/8159-muslims-destroy-churches-in-nigeria-kano-state