Bishop Kukah, an ardent government critic, was reportedly forced to flee the Northwest state due to the violence.

According to Peoples Gazette, St Bahkita, which serves as the secretariat of the diocese, was set alight by the thugs according to pictures and videos shared online.

The footage indicated that the church along Aliyu Jodi Road was the identical edifice purported to have been burned down by raging thugs after geo-location.

Mr. Kukah told The Gazette he was on his way out of Sokoto when contacted. The bishop’s end of the conversation had a windy background, which showed he was on the move.

Witnesses said the police used tear gas to disperse protestors who attempted to break into the church earlier in the day, but the assailants reassembled when the police vehicles left the area.

Deborah, a 200-level student at the Shehu Shagari College of Education, was lynched and set ablaze by her Muslim classmates for allegedly disrespecting Islam’s Prophet Mohammed, according to Naija News.

Deborah had been dragged out of her hostel by an enraged mob, who then beat her to death and set her body on fire.

Later, the Sokoto State Police Command reported that it had apprehended two individuals, with additional murders being hunted.

According to Sanusi Abubakar, a spokesman for the Sokoto police, the crowd overpowered campus security before murdering the female student and lighting her body on fire.

On Saturday, a leaflet in Hausa circulated, encouraging Muslims to gather in large numbers to condemn the arrest of Deborah’s accused killers.

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has ordered a curfew to bring the situation under control following the eruption of violence that preceded the demonstrations.