Kano, Nigeria: Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari on Saturday strongly condemned the mob killing of a Christian woman trader in the country's Muslim-dominated north and pleaded for more religious tolerance.
Bridget Abahime, 74, an ethnic Igbo trader and wife of a pastor, was "mobbed and extra-judicially murdered" on Thursday at a market in Kano, Nigeria's largest northern city, police said.
Two key suspects have been arrested, according to Nigeria's police chief Solomon Arase.
He vowed that the perpetrators would be brought to justice and urged people not to take matters into their own hands.
"Let us learn to respect each other's faith, so that we can know each other and live together in peace."
Kano city has been blighted by religious violence in the past.
Bridget Abahime, 74, an ethnic Igbo trader and wife of a pastor, was "mobbed and extra-judicially murdered" on Thursday at a market in Kano, Nigeria's largest northern city, police said.
Two key suspects have been arrested, according to Nigeria's police chief Solomon Arase.
He vowed that the perpetrators would be brought to justice and urged people not to take matters into their own hands.
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"Let us learn to respect each other's faith, so that we can know each other and live together in peace."
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Kano city has been blighted by religious violence in the past.
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