Idol Worshippers, Cultists Attacked Christians, Churches In Anambra State- 50 Injured

Some angry youths, suspected cultists caused pandemonium in Anambra state on Tuesday when they attacked the Christians in their community over a disagreement on a cultural
masquerade night which the Christians
opposed. The attack happened at Oba Ofemmili area in Awka North LGA of Anambra State. We learnt some cultists attacked several places
of worship and injured over 50 Christians. According to Daily Sun, the attackers also went
on rampage, looting and burning churches in
the community. Names Of Churches Attacked In Awka, Anambra State Here are few churches affected in the area; Assemblies of God Church Grace of God Church Deeper Life Bible Church Winners Church Christ Holy Church St. Paul’s Catholic Church According to victims, the idol worshippers attacked Christians with dangerous weapons,
shooting sporadically and injuring several
people. A 2-year-old baby was among the victims. We learnt the trouble started over a
disagreement between Christians and the Idol
worshippers on the cultural night masquerade,
a local fetish cult opposed by Christians in the
area. Victim Narrates Ordeal Mr Sunday Aliuba, one of the victim, said they
were in the church when the miscreants
stormed their church, armed with guns and
machetes. He said they swooped on the
congregation and inflicted machete wounds on
them, causing stampede as people struggled to escape from the church. “How it happened was that Oba-Ofemili and
the Christians had an agreement that the night
masquerades will not start by 9pm, and we
were having our programmes according to the
rules. But on Monday night, I was at the crusade
when we heard that the pagans will burn down all the churches. Around 11pm, they started
shooting sporadically into the air, causing
everybody to shiver. Around 1.00am on
Tuesday, they stormed the church, and razed
down the parish priest’s house and pursued
everybody in the church. We hid under the staircase and under the pews. “In self-defence, we pounced on some of
them. As it got hotter, my colleagues ran away.
I also ran but they pursued me and shot me in
the legs, shattering my ankles and bones. They
also inflicted machete wounds on me. The
blood that came out of my body can fill two buckets. It is only God that is sustaining my life
till now.” A priest of Saint Paul’s Anglican Church, whose
parish was destroyed, Rev Pat Odinanwa said all
effort to make peace with the idol worshippers
proved abortive as the unbelievers have
pathological hatred for Christians in Oba
Ofemmili community. Rev. Pat said there were agreements reached
between the church and the community, but
the pagans sought all avenues to stop
Christians from worshipping God in the
community. 50 people reportedly sustained serious injuries
in the attack. The Christians at Oba Ofemmili community are
now living in fear.