Some youths in Baya Dutse area of Kaduna State have allegedly set ablaze a church in the area following the death of a boy.
According to reports, the youths alleged that the pastor of the church used the boy for ‘sacrifice’.
The angry youths also set ablaze the Narayi police outpost.
Leadership Newspaper reports that that the deceased was serving as a mason to the pastor who was building a demarcation inside a river beside the church when all of a sudden, he fell into the river and died.
The pastor was said to have immediately run to the nearby police outpost to report the incidence.
Meanwhile, angry youths who heard of the incidence alleged that the white garment church pastor may have used the boy as a sacrifice and immediately mobilized and burnt down the church, pastorium and a jeep belonging to a member of the church.
The youths also took to the street protesting the killing and demanded to see the pastor who was said to have been taken to Barnawa police station. Some protesting youths were said to have been arrested.
When the Police Public Relation Officer, ASP Mukhtar Aliyu was contacted, he confirmed the incidence, the arrest and added that the pastor was in their custody.
