Pastor Abel Damina has revealed how his father's church was burnt down by Islamic jihadists in Zaria, Kaduna State, in the 80s.

According to him, the attack was unprovoked, adding that it was perpetrated by a crowd wielding machetes and all sorts of weapons.

Dmaina said this while lending his voice to validate claims of Christian genocide in Nigeria.

The pastor said, "I grew up in Northern Nigeria. My father was a pastor with the Assemblies of God church. One morning, we just woke up in Assemblies of God church in Samaru, Zaria, somewhat adjacent to the north gate of Samaru, Zaria. My father was a pastor. All of a sudden, no provocation, nothing. The next thing we hear is people running all over our house and the church with machete and all of that. The next thing was that they started pouring petrol all over the building, both the church and the house, because our house was adjacent to the church. And the next thing was flames. Everything was burnt down to ashes. We narrowly escaped and found a place where we sheltered ourselves in the military barracks. Eventually, they brought us back to the lecturers' quarters of ABU Zaria, and we had to camp with a family for four weeks and months before we could rebuild and start life all over again. That was long ago, I'm talking about 1986/87.

"What about the Metacine situation? The Metacine was a sect of the Islamic religion that went around burning and destroying, and killing Christians. This was back in the 80s, before there was anything like farmers and herders clash. Fast forward to the year 2000, where over 200 people were killed in Kaduna. What about the over 200 people who were killed because of Miss World in November 2002? All of them were not a part of the Miss World. They were just on their own. Something happened somewhere else, and they became victims of it. Lives were lost, houses were destroyed. And whenever they are carrying out this charade, they'll be shouting 'Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar', while carrying their machetes, carrying whatever they have, and they will move in their numbers, and anybody in their way not chanting what they are chanting will become a victim."

ASA