At least two churches have been razed in Funtua Local Government Area in Katsina State by rampaging youths.
According to an eyewitness, the youths were protesting blasphemous statements made by a corps member.
However, the said corps member escaped death by a whisker and left the town for good.
Narrating what happened, she said: “What really helped me on that day was that I was on menstrual period, I went out to look for what to keep me clean. Not up to 10 minutes after I left, I was hearing people shouting, running helter-skelter.
“Initially, I thought it was an armed robbery attack but on my approach a near distance to the church building, I realised it was some guys, calling and shouting my name to come out. They were shouting that they were out to kill me. I had hidden for my dear life.
“I had to run to a very far place in a missionary house. I presented some videos to the mission house people, who decided to provide me with protection.
“When the pressure and fear of further attacks started coming, I had to escape to a family friend’s house in Lagos with the help of the people in the mission house. I was directed to another mission house which I cannot disclose publicly, and I even learned they came to look for me after I escaped to Lagos.”
She added that it was from the mission house in Lagos that she secured help that made her escape out of the country for her life.
“As it is now, I don’t know the whereabouts of my other family members,” she added.
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