A Muslim cleric has explained why he hid Christians under his roof when murderous herdsmen came calling. Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, the 83-year-old Muslim cleric who hid 262 Christians in his home and mosque when rampaging herdsmen arrived baying for blood in Plateau on June 23, 2018, says he’s always believed in the sanctity of the human life.

Herdsmen of Fulani extraction who had launched coordinated attacks on Christian farmers in 10 villages in the Barkin Ladi area of Plateau State, had showed up at Abdullahi’s doorsteps and ordered him to give up the Christians he was providing shelter for.

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