Rev. John Hayab accused police of trying to cover up the killing and demanded all those involved in Abihime's death be arrested and prosecuted.
Source/Credit: ABC News
By The Associated Press | Jun 4, 2016
Christians in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north demanded Saturday that authorities do more to protect them after a woman was stabbed to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
Two suspects have been arrested in Thursday's killing of a middle-aged petty trader, Bridget Abihime, Nigeria's national police chief Solomon Arase said Saturday. Abihime allegedly said the Prophet Muhammad was not important.
The northern chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria said police are not doing enough to protect Christians and warned Saturday of a "looming religious crisis." In the past, such attacks have led to retaliation and sectarian violence.
"This barbarism must stop now," said the Christian association's spokesman, the Rev. John Hayab. He accused police of trying to cover up the killing and demanded all those involved in Abihime's death be arrested and prosecuted.
Police chief Arase promised swift justice and called on community leaders to help in "dousing the tensions." He said all security agencies were being deployed to prevent the incident from "degenerating into a major security threat."
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