Archbishop Kaigama: Nigeria attacks defy all reason
Twenty one people are being mourned in Nigeria today after they were killed by gunmen
who attacked Christian religious services on Sunday in the north of the country. The
co-ordinated assaults happened at a university campus, during the observance of a
religious service, and a church. “This horrific attack really defies all logic”, said
the Archbishop of Jos and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria,
Ignatius Kaigama, reacting to Sunday’s killings. He told Lydia O’Kane that people
are “in a state of shock” and are wondering when the violence will stop. Archbishop
Kaigama also added his Archdiocese has been touched by violence recently. “My church
was attacked, so many killed. A few weeks ago we had the one month’s mind of the death
of 14 of our parishioners who died in that attack.” No group has claimed responsibility
for this latest violence, but the attacks bore similarities to others carried by a
radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram. Listen to Lydia O'Kane's full interview
with Archbishop Kaigama