SAMINAKA, Nigeria — Like the Muslim Fulani herdsmen, who attack with sophisticated weapons against largely unarmed Christian farmers, the Hausa people of northern Nigeria are predominately Muslim and antagonistic toward Christians.
A pastor was attacked while visiting Kaduna state April 13 by Muslim Hausa youth apparently upset by elections at that time, and they made their anti-Christian sentiments known.
“They called me an infidel and attacked me,” said Pastor Emmanuel Danjuma of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Yobe State.
Danjuma said the local Hausa Muslims clubbed and stabbed him several times in Saminaka as they rampaged through the town attacking non-Hausas presumed to have voted against their wishes.
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