Earlier this year, on April 21st, we posted a story that suggested that Christians would pay the price for voting in Goodluck Jonathan, who is a Christian, as the President of Nigeria.
Sadly, now The Christian Post is reporting that in Northern Nigeria on Sunday, a bomb went off and killed fifteen people, and injured at least thirty-five more who were near the bombing.
The Christian Post goes on to say,
"The bombing is seen as a challenge to the authority of Jonathan, a Christian from the South, by those who want a Muslim president installed.
Jonathan became president of Nigeria last year when his Muslim predecessor, Umaru Yar’Adua, died from a long-time medical problem. The Christian politician finished the remaining year of Yar’Adua’s term and was elected in April for another four years.
But Muslims contend that a Muslim president needs to be elected according to the unwritten agreement that presidents will rotate between the country’s Christian south and Muslim north."
Please keep Christians in your prayers and especially Goodluck Jonathan and his family. Thank you.
