The Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has suspended all masses in the metropolis.
This is as it said protesters did not kill or injure anyone during Saturday’s attack on the Holy Family Cathedral.
Christopher Omotosho, the Director of Communications Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, who disclosed this in a statement said the protesters, however, vandalised parts of the cathedral and another church in the city.
According to the statement, the church’s guards repelled the protesters before they did more damage.
Mr Omotosho said the angry youths, “led by some adults in the background,” attacked the Holy Family Catholic Cathedral. He said they destroyed the church’s glass windows, those of the Bishop Lawton Secretariat, and vandalized a community bus parked within the premises.
“They were promptly dispersed by a team of mobile policemen before they could do further damage.
“The hoodlums also attacked the Bakhita Centre located along Aliyu Jodi road and burnt down a bus within the premises. They torched St. Kevin’s Catholic Church in Sokoto.”
The statement said Mathew Kukah, the bishop of the diocese, commended the security forces for promptly rising to the occasion to prevent further damage to our facilities.
Mr Kukah called on Christians to remain law-abiding and pray for the return of normalcy.
