UPopu uFrancis uthandazela amaxhoba ohlaselo lwamaSilamsi eNigeria ashiye ama-30 enqunyulwe intloko
UPope Francis uthe ngolwe-Lwesithathu uthandazela iNigeria kulandela ukubulawa kwabantu abalimi abali-110 ubuncinci apho amajoni amaSilamsi anqumla intloko malunga nabantu abangama-30.
"Ndifuna ukuqinisekisa imithandazo yam ngeNigeria, apho ngelishwa igazi laphinde laphalala kwimbubhiso yabanqolobi," utshilo uPopu ekupheleni kwabaphulaphuli ngomhla wesibini kuDisemba.
“NgoMgqibelo ophelileyo, kumntla mpuma welizwe, bangaphezulu kwekhulu abalimi ababulawa kabuhlungu. Wanga uThixo angabamkela kuxolo lwakhe kwaye athuthuzele iintsapho zabo kwaye aziguqule iintliziyo zabo benza ubundlobongela obukhubekisa igama lakhe ”.
Uhlaselo lwangoNovemba 28 e-Borno State lolona hlaselo luthe ngqo kubantu baseNigeria kulo nyaka, ngokuka-Edward Kallon, umququzeleli wezoncedo kunye nomhlali we-UN eNigeria.
Kubantu abayi-110 ababuleweyo, malunga ne-30 yabantu banqunyulwa iintloko ngamajoni, ngokweReuters. I-Amnesty International ikwaxelile ukuba ngabasetyhini abali-10 abalahlekileyo emva kolu hlaselo.
Akukho qela lathatha uxanduva kolu hlaselo, kodwa abachasi bendawo abachasene ne-jihadist baxelele i-AFP ukuba iBoko Haram isebenza kule ndawo kwaye ihlala ihlasela amafama. Iphondo le-Islamic State yeNtshona ye-Afrika (i-ISWAP) ikwabizwa njengoyena mntu unokubangela ukubulawa kwabantu.
Ngaphezulu kwama-12.000 amaKristu aseNigeria athe abulawa kuhlaselo lwamaSilamsi ukusukela ngeyeSilimela ngowama-2015, ngokwengxelo yowama-2020 evela kumbutho waseNigeria wamalungelo oluntu, uMbutho waMazwe ngaMazwe woKhuseleko lwaBantu kunye noMthetho woMthetho.
Kwale ngxelo yafumanisa ukuba ama-600 amaKristu abulawa eNigeria kwiinyanga ezintlanu zokuqala zika-2020.
AmaKristu aseNigeria anqunyulwa iintloko aza atshiswa, kwafikelwa ngomlilo iifama, abefundisi kunye nabefundisi bebejolise ekuthinjweni nasekuhlawuleni.
UFata Matthew Dajo, umbingeleli we-archdiocese yase-Abuja, wabanjwa nge-22 ka-Novemba. Khange akhululwe, ngokokutsho kwesithethi se-archdiocese.
UDajo waxhwilwa ngoonqevu xa babehlasela isixeko saseYangoji, apho ikhoyo iparishi yakhe, iSonto lamaKatolika iSt. Anthony. U-Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama wase-Abuja usungule isibheno somthandazo wokukhululwa kwakhe ngokukhuselekileyo.
Ukuqweqwediswa kwamaKatolika eNigeria yingxaki eqhubekayo engachaphazeli abefundisi kunye nababefundisi, kodwa nabathembekileyo, utshilo uKaigama.
Ukusukela ngo-2011, iqela lamaSilamsi iBoko Haram belisemva kokuxhwilwa okuninzi, kubandakanya nelabafundi abali-110 ababethunjwe kwisikolo sabo sokubhoda ngoFebruwari 2018. Kwabo babanjiweyo, intombazana engumKristu, uLeah Sharibu, isagcinwa.
Iqela lendawo elidibene ne-Islamic State nalo lenze uhlaselo eNigeria. Eli qela lasekwa emva kokuba inkokheli ye-Boko Haram u-Abubakar Shekau wathembisa ukuthembela kwi-Islamic State yase-Iraq nase-Syria (ISIS) ngonyaka ka-2015. Eli qela lathi kamva labizwa ngokuba liPhondo le-Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP).
NgoFebruwari, uMmeli weNkululeko yezeNkolo e-US uSam Brownback uxelele i-CNA ukuba imeko yaseNigeria isiba mandundu.
"Baninzi abantu ababuleweyo eNigeria kwaye sinoloyiko lokusasazeka kakhulu kulo mmandla," uxelele i-CNA. "Ivele nyani kwizikrini zam zeradar - kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo, kodwa kunyaka ophelileyo."
“Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka sikhuthaze urhulumente wase-Buhari [uMongameli wase-Nigeria u-Muhammadu]. Banokwenza ngaphezulu, ”utshilo. “Abazisi aba bantu emthethweni ababulala abalandeli benkolo. Kubonakala ngathi abanangqondo yokungxamiseka kokwenza. "