Our response to Nigeria bomb attacks
At least 38 people have died in a car bombing in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna over Easter, and several people were reported injured following a second attack in Jos, a CAFOD spokesperson said.
What extremists of any type want is to divide communities and sow violence, so all people of God must stand together for peace and unity in this time of trouble, sending the message out that the extremists will not be allowed to succeed in dividing Nigeria.
After decades of violence and exploitation, what the Nigerian people need above all is a sustained commitment to peace, democracy and good government, and we cannot allow today’s events to derail that. Most of all, we know that extremism thrives on hopelessness and despair so we must continue to offer hope, including Western companies maintaining their investment in Nigeria, and using it to create jobs and opportunity for the people.
