Rukuba Jos Attack: How A Christian Saved My Life – Fulani Survivor

Muhammad Ibrahim, one of the survivors of last weekend’s Rukuba attack, who was saved by a whisker and taken to the Jos Central Mosque said a Christian tricycle operator had helped disguise him with a face cap and drove him out of the danger zone.

The widely condemned attack left over 20 Fulanis dead. They were coming from the north and heading to their base in Ondo State when hoodlums (retaliating), descended on them and murdered the innocent travellers.

According to Vanguard, Ibrahim narrated: “When we arrived at the Gada-Biyu area, there was traffic and we thought it was the normal traffic but before we knew it, people from all angles started stoning us and there was no way we could drive further because they had surrounded our buses and the people were many.

“The area was congestion, I don’t know how I got out of the bus but I was on the ground and they were hitting me with stones. Then I saw a tricycle operator whom I believe is a Christian, he asked me to quickly jump in, and he drove off.

“When we got to the Mosque I said let me get some money and pay him, but he replied ‘I did not help because of money. Now you are safe, let me try and see if I can save more….’ He drove off.” Though Ibrahim does not know his benefactor’s name, he prayed “Allah will bless him and his generation.”