Over 200 Muslim Youths Run Amok, Destroy Catholic Church For Holding Service On Friday Instead Of Sunday

A few days after a female Pastor Eunice Olawale was brutally killed by suspected Muslim extremists, a group of another muslim youths yesterday attacked St . Philip's Catholic parish, Baki Iku, close to Zuma Rock in Niger state, destroying properties worth thousands of naira; ThisDay reports

The  Vicar- General of the parish, Reverend Father,Gobep Luka Sylvester, who confirmed the news, last night, said about 200 million youths stormed the church premises yesterday and destroyed properties of the church.

THISDAY gathered that some Catholics had gone to the church to pray and were  attacked by the Muslims who claimed that Friday was their day of prayer and that the church only had right to worship on sunday.

According to Sylvester;

"Sometime around 2pm, some Muslim youth numbering 200 left their Mosque after Friday Jumat prayer and rushed to the church premises, climbed the wall and destroyed everything in the church, the windows, the alter, musical instruments, the chapel. "

The security man in the church premises was beaten to pulp. Some women who were holding a prayer meeting were chased away. The seminarian  who is resident in the premises was also beaten up and chased away.