A Christian Man Saved My Life That Night – Muslim Survivor of Plateau state Palm Sunday Attack Speaks

 A Muslim trader, Sa’idu Murtala, has shared how a Christian man saved his life during the recent att£ck in Plateau State, Nigeria.

The incident, which occurred on Palm Sunday, March 29, in Anguwan Rukuba, reportedly claimed the lives of about 40 people.

According to Murtala, he was attending to customers when the violence suddenly broke out, with gunshots sending residents into panic as people ran for safety.

Speaking to Daily Trust, he said: “I used to do business around the Rukuba community. I used to sell garden eggs. Around 7:30, I told my friend Hassan, who used to sell sugarcane that it was already 7:30 and asked him when we were supposed to go home. He suggested we stay until 9 pm. The moment I turned to where I displayed my garden eggs to attend to customers, I started hearing g¥nshots

“Everybody was looking for somewhere to hide. All of a sudden, a Christian man quickly opened his house and hid me inside. I completely lost my senses, thinking I would be k+lled because the situation was terrifying as people around were angry.

“He hid me in his wife’s room and asked his wife to bring food for me. He did everything to calm my mind. I spent the night in his house, and the following day he called my father, who later came and picked me up after the situation was okay.

“He knows I am a Muslim because I used to do my business there everyday and leave for my area. He knows my faith. My phone, which I gave to one Monday for charging, was also returned after the situation was calm. All of them know I am a Muslim. I will never forget this man who saved my life.

“It was a lesson to me, and that all persons cannot be the same. In both Christianity and Islam, there are good and bad people. But if all people were like this man who saved my life, the world would be at peace. I don’t have anything to pay him back, but I believe Allah will reward him for what he did. Allah would definitely open his doors’’ he said