In Abuja, the fears are the same. The members of Redeemed Church in Karu [near Karu site], Abuja express a certain unease among the non-northerners in the congregations. “We feel they will come after us immediately it’s clear that Buhari has lost the election” said Susan Okon who also pointed to the growing sentiment of Boko Haram being in close quarters with Buhari. Mrs. Okon told 247ureports that her family has decided not to travel for Christmas in order to travel in January and return after the elections. One of the members of the church even postulated that Buhari and the leaders of Boko Haram to be working together to return power to the fanatic Muslim set of the north. He gave his name as Clement Aigbe and said that Buhari “cannot say to be totally innocent of the lives lost to the jihadist movement of Boko Haram. He is one of the benefactors”. Other members spoke angrily over the fear of violence targeted at Christians living in the north. Some pointed to the Sharia movement funded by the federal government as partly responsible for the growing fanaticism – that has provided fuel for the supporters of Buhari to spread violence to non-Muslims living in northern Nigeria. 247ureports/christians-express-fear-over-buharis-candidacy-bloodshed/
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