{"id":226042,"date":"2022-05-15T19:06:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T17:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/current-development-in-sokoto-statement-by-the-catholic-diocese-of-sokoto?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-05-15T19:06:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T17:06:16","slug":"current-development-in-sokoto-statement-by-the-catholic-diocese-of-sokoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/current-development-in-sokoto-statement-by-the-catholic-diocese-of-sokoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Development in Sokoto: Statement by the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/7b2d588ca15f6e3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/7b2d588ca15f6e3\" alt=\"Catholic Diocese of Sokoto\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/7b2d588ca15f6e3\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sokoto State Government has declared 24-hour curfew to help stem the ongoing protests embarked upon by Muslim youth in the state capital on Saturday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>During the protest, groups of youths led by some adults in the background attacked the <strong>Holy Family Catholic Cathedral at Bello Way<\/strong>, destroying church glass windows, those of the Bishop Lawton Secretariat and vandalized a community bus parked within the premises. <strong>St. Kevin&rsquo;s Catholic Church Gidan Dere, Eastern By-pass<\/strong>, was also attacked and partly burnt; windows of the new hospital complex under construction, in the same premises were shattered.<\/p>\n<p>They were promptly dispersed by a team of Mobile Policemen before they could do further damage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The hoodlums also attacked the <strong>Bakhita Centre<\/strong> located along Aliyu Jodi Road and burnt down a bus within the premises.<\/p>\n<p>In a reaction, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, <strong>Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah<\/strong> commended the Governor of Sokoto&nbsp; State, <strong>H. E. Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal<\/strong> for acting promptly by declaring the 24-hour curfew to stem the protests.<\/p>\n<p>He also commended the security forces for promptly rising to the occasion to prevent further damage at our facilities.<\/p>\n<p>In all, no life was lost.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to information in circulation, we wish to disclaim that there was an attack of any sort on the residence of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah.<\/p>\n<p>The Bishop appeals to Christians to remain law abiding and pray for the return of normalcy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All Masses in Sokoto metropolis have been suspended until the curfew is lifted.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media contact&nbsp;:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Vatican@apo-opa.com\">Vatican@apo-opa.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo The Sokoto State Government has declared 24-hour curfew to help stem the ongoing protests embarked upon by Muslim youth in the state capital on Saturday.&nbsp; During the protest, groups of youths led by some adults in the background attacked the Holy Family Catholic Cathedral at Bello Way, destroying church glass windows, those of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-226042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-news-2","8":"tag-apo","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/current-development-in-sokoto-statement-by-the-catholic-diocese-of-sokoto.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}