DENGI, Nigeria — Christians from a local Evangelical Church Winning All congregation in Dengi, Plateau state have been displaced after Muslim extremists set their church building and some homes on fire in April.
Pastor Ishaku Danyok of the church said the April 29 incident occurred after Muslims approached Christian music shop owner Gabriel Kiwase and told him that his music was disturbing them as they said their prayers.
The young Christian man quietly switched off the music, and 20 minutes after the Muslims left, they returned and burned down the music shop, then set fire to the pastor’s house and the property of five other Christians, Danyok said.
The pastor’s family, his wife and four children were left homeless, he said.
Christians from his church, a Roman Catholic parish and Deeper Life Bible Church in Dengi town lost property in the attack, he added.
Danyok said that as a result of the destruction, most members of his church have fled the town, reducing attendance at services to 50. “We currently worship in the destroyed church building with no roof to shield us from the sun and the rains,” he said.
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