A yet-to-be-identified northern Islamic cleric has placed a ₦1 million bounty on the head of an unnamed person, said to be a Christian cleric, calling for the victim to be beheaded in a viral video online.
Seen waving cash and urging the public to carry out the act, promising money to anyone who executes it. Circumstances around the threat, including target identity and motive, remain unclear.
He holds cash and calls on anyone willing to kill, offering to increase reward if insufficient.
“I swear to God, I promise ₦1 million to whoever beheads this man,” the cleric said. “If the person who wants to cut off his head feels the money is too small, let them go ahead and do it, I will increase the money.”
A distressed woman condemned security agency silence, especially DSS, and called for immediate action.
“Dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, this is an Islamic cleric, a Muslim preacher, a mallam, preaching inside a mosque,” she said. “He is placing a ₦1 million bounty on the head of a Christian brother, asking anybody to kill him, cut off his head, and bring it to him.”
She added, “He even said if ₦1 million is too small for the person who will carry out the killing, they should inform him, and he will increase it, just bring the head.”
She further drew biblical comparison: “Just the same way they asked for the head of John the Baptist, he is now asking for the head of this Christian brother. I don’t know what caused the issue between them, but he is always spewing hateful statements about Christians.”
She also criticised priorities: “Families are dying of hunger on the streets. He has not used ₦1 million to rehabilitate them. But he can bring out ₦1 million and say anyone who kills this Christian brother will get the money.”
“The DSS has not come to arrest him. They have not picked him up. Yet they will tell Christians to remain silent in the name of peace.”
She concluded: “Silence is not golden. Silence is cowardice. If you say you want peace, then act like it.”
Authorities have yet to issue any official statement on the incident.
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