Violence Continues in Nigeria after Presidential Elections

April presidential elections in Nigeria may have been the fairest in years but they were also the bloodiest. Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian, received more than half of the votes beating his primary challenger Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, a Muslim.

Since the elections, elevated tensions have resulted in violence between Christians and Muslims living in northern Nigeria. In a recent attack on May 4 in Kurum village, 16 people were killed and 20 homes destroyed. During the rampage Pastor James Musa Rike, from the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN), lost his wife and three children.

Pastor Rike told Compass News that as his wife lay dying she looked into his eyes and asked, “Is this the end between us, so we shall not be together again?” he told her, “Hold on to your faith in Jesus, and we shall meet and never part again.” As he held her hand he heard the cries of his 13-year-old daughter, Sum James Rike, a few yards away.

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