Angry youths set Kaduna church, police outpost ablaze over boy’s death

Following the death of a boy identified as Sylverster alleged to have been ‘sacrificed’ by the pastor of a church, angry youths on Wednesday night , March 21, set ablaze a celestial church of God, a vehicle at Bayan Dutse in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state, Leadership reports.

The angry youths who also engaged the police set ablaze the Narayi police outpost in the process.

The deceased who was is in his early twenties and attends Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Gospel church Narayi was serving as a mason boy to the pastor of the church. The pastor was building a demarcation inside a river beside the church when all of a sudden the deceased fell into the river and died.

The pastor was said to have immediately gone to the nearby police outpost to report the incidence.

The youths on hearing of the incidencet alleged that the white garment church pastor may have used the boy as a sacrifice and immediately mobilised and burnt down the church, pastorium and a jeep belonging to a member of the church parked there.

The youths also took to the street protesting the killing and demanding to see the pastor who was said to have been taken to Barnawa police station.

Meanwhile, the remains of the deceased was to have been buried at about 10pm on Tuesday night, March 20, beside the river after prayers were offered for his remains by the pastor of his church, Pastor Mark Ayuba.

However, the pastor urged the youths to accept what has happened as the will of God and should not take the laws into their hands.

Meanwhile, some protesting youths were said to have been arrested.

ASP Mukhtar Aliyu, the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) confirmed the incident and arrest. He added that the pastor was in their custody.

In a related story the convoy of Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, was on Thursday, March 8, 2018, attacked by angry youths from Bida local government area of the state and the governor and his entourage stoned by the mob.

The mob attacked the governor over alleged non-performance and constant travels outside the country on the claim of inviting foreign investors to the state.