Umfundisi wamaKatolika eNigeria wafunyanwa eswelekile emva kokuxhwila
Umzimba womfundisi wamaKatolika wafunyanwa ngoMgqibelo eNigeria, kusuku olulandelayo emva kokuba waxhwilwa ngoonqevu.
I-Agenzia Fides, inkonzo yolwazi ye-Pontifical Mission Societies, yabika nge-18 kaJanuwari ukuba uFr. UJohn Gbakaan "kwathiwa wabulawa ngocelemba kabuhlungu kangangokuba ukuzazisa kwakunzima."
Lo mfundisi usuka kwisiphaluka saseMinna, kumbindi webhanti laseNigeria, wahlaselwa ngamadoda angaziwayo ngokuhlwa kwangoJanuwari 15. Wayehamba nomntakwabo omncinci kuLambata-Lapai Road kwiNiger State emva kokundwendwela umama wakhe eMakurdi, eBenue State.
NgokukaFides, abaqweqwedisi baqala bacela i-naira ezingama-30 ezigidi (malunga ne-70.000 yeedola) ukuze kukhululwe aba bazalwana babini, emva koko banciphisa inani laba zizigidi ezintlanu ze-naira (malunga ne-12.000 yeedola).
Imithombo yeendaba yalapha ithi umzimba womfundisi wafunyanwa ubotshelelwe emthini nge-16 kaJanuwari. Isithuthi sakhe, iToyota Venza, saphinda safunyanwa. Ubhuti wakhe usadukile nangoku.
Emva kokubulawa kukaGbakaan, iinkokheli zobuKrestu zacela urhulumente wase-Nigeria ukuba athathe amanyathelo okuthintela ukuhlaselwa kwabefundisi.
Imithombo yeendaba yasekuhlaleni icaphule uMfu John Joseph Hayab, usekela mongameli weChristian Association of Nigeria emantla eNigeria, esithi, “sicela nje urhulumente wobumbano nazo zonke iiarhente zokhuselo ukuba benze nantoni na ukuzisa obu bubi Misa. "
"Yonke into esiyifunayo kurhulumente kukukhusela kubantu abakhohlakeleyo abonakalisa ubomi bethu kunye nempahla yethu."
Esi siganeko sesokugqibela kuthotho lokuxhwila abefundisi kwelona lizwe linabantu abaninzi eAfrika.
Nge-27 ka-Disemba, u-Bishop Moses Chikwe, ongumncedisi we-archdiocese yase-Owerri, wabanjwa kunye nomqhubi wakhe. Wakhululwa emva kweentsuku ezintlanu ethinjiwe.
Nge-15 kaDisemba, uFr. UValentine Oluchukwu Ezeagu, olilungu loonyana bakaMary Mother of Mercy, waxhwilwa eImo xa wayesiya emngcwabeni kayise kwilizwe elikufutshane laseAnambra. Ukhululwe ngengomso.
NgoNovemba, uFr. U-Matthew Dajo, umfundisi we-archdiocese yase-Abuja, waxhwilwa kwaye wakhululwa emva kweentsuku ezilishumi entolongweni.
UHayab uthe ukuxhwilwa kwabantu kuyabatyhafisa abantu abatsha ekuqhubekeni nobizo lobufundisi.
"Namhlanje emantla eNigeria, abantu abaninzi bahlala kuloyiko kwaye abantu abatsha abaninzi bayoyika ukuba ngabelusi kuba ubomi babelusi busemngciphekweni omkhulu," utshilo.
"Xa abaphangi okanye abaqweqwedisi beqonda ukuba amaxhoba abo ngabefundisi okanye abelusi, kubonakala ngathi umoya wobundlobongela uzithabathela kubo iintliziyo zabo ukufuna intlawulelo engaphezulu kwaye kwezinye iimeko ude ubulale ixhoba".
I-ACI Africa, iqabane lobuntatheli be-CNA e-Afrika, uxele ukuba nge-10 kaJanuwari u-Bhishophu omkhulu u-Ignatius Kaigama wase-Abuja uthe ukuxhwilwa kuza kunika ilizwe "igama elibi" kwilizwe jikelele.
"Ukushiywa kungagcinwanga ngabasemagunyeni baseNigeria, esi senzo silihlazo nesizothe sizakuqhubeka ukunika iNigeria isidima esibi kwaye yoyikise iindwendwe zelizwe kunye nabatyali mali," utshilo.
Ukukhupha ingxelo yayo yonyaka yoLuhlu lweWatch World kwiveki ephelileyo, iqela lezokhuselo i-Open Doors lithe ukhuseleko eNigeria luye lwasilela kwinqanaba lokuba ilizwe lingene kumazwe aphezulu angama-10 ngenxa yokutshutshiswa kwamaKristu.
NgeyoMnga, iSebe laseMelika laseMelika labala iNigeria phakathi kwamazwe amabi ngenkululeko yenkolo, ichaza ilizwe laseNtshona Afrika njengelizwe "elixhalabisayo."
Eli ligama elisemthethweni eligcinelwe izizwe apho ukwaphulwa kwenkululeko yenkolo kwenzeka, amanye amazwe yi China, North Korea kunye ne Saudi Arabia.
Inqanaba lanconywa yinkokheli ye Knights yaseColumbus.
USupreme Knight uCarl Anderson uthe "amaKrestu aseNigeria ahlupheke ngokumasikizi ezandleni zeBoko Haram namanye amaqela".
Ucebise ukuba ukubulawa nokuxhwilwa kwamaKristu eNigeria "kumda ekubulaweni kwabantu".
Uthe: “AmaKrestu aseNigeria, amaKatolika namaProtestanti, afanele ukuqatshelwa, ukuqatshelwa kunye nokukhululeka ngoku. AmaKristu aseNigeria kufanele ukuba akwazi ukuhlala ngoxolo kwaye enze inkolo yawo ngaphandle koloyiko