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Nigerian Pastor's Wife, Children among Christians Killed in Attack
Pastor James Musa Rike lost his wife, Dune James Rike, and 13-year-old
daughter, Sum James Rike (in back), in Islamic attack in Kurum village,
Bauchi state.
Pastor James Musa Rike lost his wife, Dune James Rike, and 13-year-old
daughter, Sum James Rike (in back), in Islamic attack in Kurum village,
Bauchi state.
Islamic extremists target Christian village near Bogoro, Bauchi state.
KURUM, Nigeria, May 10 (CDN) - As she lay on the ground after being shot and
then slashed with a machete, Dune James Rike looked into her husband's
tear-filled eyes and asked, "Is this the end between us, so we shall not be
together again?"
Pastor James Musa Rike told Compass he held the hands of his dying,
35-year-old wife and told her, "Hold on to your faith in Jesus, and we shall
meet and never part again."
Muslim extremists who attacked Kurum village, in the Bogoro local government
area of Nigeria's Bauchi state, had already killed two of the couple's
children in a rampage that began Wednesday (May 4) at midnight. Rike, pastor
of a Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) congregation in Kurum, next heard
the cries of his 13-year-old daughter, Sum James Rike, a few yards away.
"I rushed to my daughter, only to discover that she too was cut with a
machete on her stomach, and her intestines were all around her," he said. "I
held her hand and began to pray, knowing she too was about to die. She told
me that the Muslim militants told her they would kill her and "see how your
Jesus will save you."
The girl told her father that she responded by telling them that Jesus had
already saved her, and that by killing her they would only be making it
possible for her to be with Him. Pastor Rike prayed for her as she died.
Shooting and setting homes on fire, the Muslim extremists killed 12 other
Christians in the attack. Bauchi police reported 16 people dead - one man,
three women and 12 children.
Pastor Rike said that when the attackers reached his house, they tried to
force their way into their bedrooms.
"I opened a backdoor, and we ran out into the dark night while the militants
pursued us," he said. "They shot my wife and two of our kids as they tried
to escape."
Pastor Rike said that after killing the two children, Faith James Rike and
1-year-old Fyali James Rike, the assailants cut his wife's abdomen with a
machete.
"I was shocked at what I saw," he said. "I knew my wife would not last long,
and the only thing I did was to encourage her to hold on to her faith in
Jesus."
The Muslim extremists set more than 20 houses ablaze before leaving the
village, he said.
Pastor Rike and his son survived the attack, and he said his adopted
daughter, Whulham James Rike, was injured and receiving treatment at the
General Hospital in Bogoro. He said five others were also receiving hospital
treatment.
Among those killed, church sources said, were Murna Ayuba; Angelina Ezekiel;
Dorcas Sunday; Asabar Toma; Rhoda Joseph; Dhunhgwa Zakka; Bukata Amos;
Ishaku Amos; Kalla Amos; Amos Daniel; Samidah Joel; and Changtan Joel.
The Muslim jihadists also stole money and the other valuables from the
Christian village as they withdrew, church sources said.
The area has a history of sectarian violence, and the attack follows the
death of hundreds of people in Bauchi and other northern states last month
after Muslims rioted over the April 16 election of a Christian, Goodluck
Jonathan, as president. He defeated a Muslim candidate, Muhammadu Buhari.
Saying more than 200 church buildings were burned, Christian leaders in
northern Nigeria have called for a federal probe into the violence, in which
Christians mounted counter attacks.
Northern Nigeria climbed to 23rd place in 2010 from 27th in 2009 on
Christian support organization Open Doors' World Watch List of nations with
the worst persecution.
The church where Pastor Rike ministers has about 30 members and has been in
existence for more than 50 years. Those killed were members of the three
churches in the village - the COCIN church, St. John's Catholic Church and
an Evangelical Church of West Africa congregation.
Pastor Rike said the incident has strengthened his faith in Jesus.
"Whatever is the situation, I will never forsake Christ," he said. "All
human beings are created by God, and our attackers must know that they need
to abandon anything that will lead them to destroy creations of God."
Nigeria's population of more than 158.2 million is almost evenly divided
between Christians, who make up 51.3 percent of the population and live
mainly in the south, and Muslims, who account for 45 percent of the
population and live mainly in the north. The percentages may be less,
however, as those practicing indigenous religions may be as high as 10
percent of the total population, according to Operation World.
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