Umpristi wamaKatolika eNigeria utholakale eseshonile ngemuva kokuthumba
Isidumbu sompristi wamaKhatholika satholwa ngoMgqibelo eNigeria, ngosuku olulandelayo ngemuva kokuthunjwa oshayasibhamu.
I-Agenzia Fides, insizakalo yolwazi yePontifical Mission Societies, yabika ngoJanuwari 18 ukuthi uFr. UJohn Gbakaan "kusolwa ukuthi wabulawa ngocelemba kabuhlungu kangangokuthi kwaba nzima ukwazikhomba."
Lo mfundisi wesifunda-bhishobhi saseMinna, enkabeni yebhande laseNigeria, wahlaselwa ngamadoda angaziwa kusihlwa ngoJanuwari 15. Ubehamba nomfowabo omncane kuLambata-Lapai Road eNiger State ngemuva kokuvakashela umama wakhe eMakurdi, eBenue State.
Ngokusho kukaFides, abathumbi baqale bacela ama-naira ayizigidi ezingama-30 (cishe ama- $ 70.000) ukuze kukhululwe lezi zelamani ezimbili, okwabe sekwehlisa isibalo saba yi-naira eyizigidi ezinhlanu (cishe amaRandi ayizi-12.000).
Abezindaba zendawo bathi isidumbu salo mfundisi satholakala siboshelwe esihlahleni ngoJanuwari 16. Kutholakale nemoto yakhe iToyota Venza. Umfowabo namanje akatholakali.
Ngemuva kokubulawa kukaGbakaan, abaholi abangamaKrestu bacela uhulumeni waseNigeria ukuthi athathe izinyathelo zokunqanda ukuhlaselwa kwabefundisi.
Abezindaba basendaweni bacaphune uMfu John Joseph Hayab, iphini likamongameli weChristian Association of Nigeria enyakatho yeNigeria, ethi, “Simane sicela uhulumeni wesifundazwe nazo zonke izinhlaka zezokuphepha ukuthi benze noma yini ukuze kulethwe lobu bubi Ima. "
"Esikucela kuhulumeni ukuvikela abantu ababi abacekela phansi izimpilo zethu nempahla yethu."
Lesi sigameko esakamuva ochungechungeni lokuthumba abefundisi ezweni elinabantu abaningi e-Afrika.
Ngo-27 Disemba, uMbhishobhi Moses Chikwe, osizayo we-archdiocese yase-Owerri, wathunjwa kanye nomshayeli wakhe. Wadedelwa ngemuva kwezinsuku ezinhlanu eboshiwe.
NgoDisemba 15, uFr. UValentine Oluchukwu Ezeagu, oyilungu laMadodana kaMary Mother of Mercy, wathunjwa esifundazweni sase-Imo eya emngcwabeni kayise esifundeni esingumakhelwane i-Anambra. Wakhishwa ngakusasa.
NgoNovemba, uFr. UMatthew Dajo, umpristi wesifunda esikhulu sase-Abuja, wathunjwa wadedelwa ngemuva kwezinsuku eziyishumi eboshiwe.
UHayab uthe igagasi lokuthumba lidikibalisa intsha ekuqhubekeni nobizo lobufundisi.
"Namuhla enyakatho yeNigeria, abantu abaningi bahlala ngokwesaba kanti iningi lentsha liyesaba ukuba ngabelusi ngoba impilo yabelusi isengozini enkulu," esho.
"Lapho abaphangi noma abathumbi bebona ukuthi izisulu zabo bangabefundisi noma abelusi, kubukeka sengathi umoya onodlame uthatha izinhliziyo zabo ukufuna inhlawulo ethe xaxa kanti kokunye uze ufike ekubulaleni isisulu".
I-ACI Africa, umlingani we-CNA wase-Afrika osebenzisana nezintatheli, ubike ukuthi ngomhlaka-10 Januwari uMbhishobhi Omkhulu u-Ignatius Kaigama wase-Abuja wathi ukuthunjwa kuzonikeza izwe "igama elibi" emhlabeni jikelele.
“Uma singasetshenziswanga iziphathimandla zaseNigeria, lesi senzo esilihlazo nesinyanyekayo sizoqhubeka nokunikeza iNigeria idumela elibi futhi sethuse izivakashi nabatshalizimali bezwe,” kusho yena.
Sikhipha umbiko wayo waminyaka yonke weWorld Watch List ngesonto eledlule, iqembu lezokuvikela i-Open Doors lithe ezokuphepha eNigeria sezonakele kangangoba izwe selingene emazweni ayishumi aphezulu kakhulu ngenxa yokushushiswa kwamaKrestu.
NgoDisemba, uMnyango Wombuso wase-US wabala iNigeria phakathi kwamazwe amabi kakhulu ngenkululeko yezenkolo, ichaza izwe laseNtshonalanga Afrika "njengezwe elibakhathaza kakhulu."
Lesi yisikhundla esisemthethweni esigcinelwe amazwe lapho kwenzeka khona ukwephulwa okubi kakhulu kwenkululeko yezenkolo, amanye amazwe kunguChina, North Korea neSaudi Arabia.
Lesi sinyathelo sinconywe ubuholi beKnights of Columbus.
USupreme Knight Carl Anderson uthe "amaKrestu aseNigeria ahlupheke kakhulu ezandleni zeBoko Haram namanye amaqembu".
Uphakamise ukuthi ukubulawa nokuthunjwa kwamaKrestu eNigeria "kunqamule ukuqothulwa kohlanga".
Uthe: “AmaKrestu aseNigeria, amaKhatholika namaProthestani, kufanele anakwe, aqashelwe futhi akhululeke manje. AmaKrestu aseNigeria kufanele akwazi ukuhlala ngokuthula futhi enze inkolo yawo ngaphandle kokwesaba