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I was a devout Muslim, Quran doesn’t condone killings – Nigerian Pastor Tunde Bakare reveals

Pastor Tunde Bakare, the overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as the Latter Rain Assembly, has condemned the assassination of a Christian student, Deborah Samuel, in Sokoto state.   Bakare, who previously claimed to have been a Muslim, said in a statement posted on Monday, May 16, that he has read the Quran “cover to cover” and that the holy book does not advocate murdering anywhere.   He went on to say that Deborah’s death should serve as a wake-up call for the nation to reconsider our shared humanity and reject all forms of brutality.   According to the statement, “It was with deep distress that I received the news of the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel in Shehu Shagari College of Education, in Sokoto State. No Nigerian, […]