Ibitero bikomeje kwiyongera mu gice cyo hagati mu gihugu muri Nigeria. Ku wa 19 Nyakanga 2024 hagaragaye imirambo y’abakristu biciwe mu mudugudu wa Mbacher muri leta ya Benue, muri Nijeriya.
Igitero cy’ibyihebe cyishe abakirisitu 18 mu gitero cyo mu ijoro ryo ku wa Gatanu tariki 19 Nyakanga rwagati muri Nijeriya, hicwa abaturage bo muri ako gace.
Joseph Achiv yavuze ko abagabye igitero bateye mu mudugudu wa Mbacher utuwe n’umuryango wiganjemo abakirisitu bo mu ntara ya Katsina-Ala mu ntara ya Benue, ahagana mu ma saa kumi n’ebyiri z’umugoroba.
Achiv yavuze ko itsinda ry’abayisilamu b’intagondwa bitwaje intwaro zica bateye umudugudu wa Mbacher." Ati: “Abakristo 18 bishwe muri icyo gitero ubwo abaturage bari basinziriye.”
Justine Shaku, umuyobozi w’inama y’ubutegetsi y’ibanze ya Katsina-Ala, yavuze ko muri iryo joro abanyamuryango bakiriye telefoni zibabaje ndetse n’ubutumwa bugufi bw’abaturage bavuga ko itsinda ry’iterabwoba ry’intagondwa ryibasiye umudugudu wabo.
Shaku yagize ati: "Twashyizeho ingufu kugira ngo abasirikari binjizwa muri ako gace kugira ngo bahoshe amabandi, ariko abasirikare bagezeyo igihe abaterabwoba bari bagiye nyuma yo kwica abantu 18."
Catherine Anene, umuvugizi w’ubuyobozi bwa polisi muri Benue, yavuze ko abashinzwe umutekano boherejwe muri ako gace.
Anene yagize ati: "Twabonye amakuru yaturutse mu ishami rya polisi rya Katsina Ala ku bitero byagabwe muri ako gace ndetse n’iyicwa ry’abantu 18." Ati: “Hashyizweho ingamba z’umutekano mu gihe abashinzwe umutekano boherejweyo, kandi iperereza rirakomeje ku byabaye.
Raporo ya Open Doors ’2024 World Watch List (WWL) ivuga ko Nijeriya yakomeje kuba ahantu hapfuye abantu benshi ku isi bakurikira Kristo, aho abantu 4.118 bishwe bazira ukwemera kwabo kuva ku ya 1 Ukwakira 2022 kugeza ku ya 30 Nzeri 2023. Ishimutwa ry’abakristu kurusha mu bindi bihugu naryo ryabereye muri Nijeriya, hamwe 3.300.
Raporo ivuga ko Nijeriya kandi yari igihugu cya gatatu mu bitero byibasiye amatorero n’izindi nyubako za gikirisitu nk’ibitaro, amashuri, n’amarimbi, hamwe na 750. Muri 2024 WWL y’ibihugu aho bigoye cyane kuba umukirisitu, Nijeriya yari ku mwanya wa 6, nkuko byari bimeze mu mwaka ushize.
Raporo ya APPG igira iti: "Bafashe ingamba zigereranywa na Boko Haram na ISWAP kandi bagaragaza umugambi ugaragara wo kwibasira abakristu n’ibimenyetso bikomeye biranga abakristu."
Abashumbge abakristu bo muri Nijeriya bavuze ko bemeza ko ibitero by’abashumba byibasiye imiryango y’abakristu mu mukandara wo hagati wa Nijeriya byatewe n’icyifuzo cyabo cyo kwigarurira ku gahato amasambu y’abakristu no gushyiraho Islam kuko ubutayu bwabagoye gutunga amashyo yabo.
Source: Morning star
