Sectarian ##ism and fuel policy changes are tests for the people , an activist said . They attacked the New Life church in Gombe as they met for a service . An eyewitness describes how people were gunned down as they tried to flee . Elizabeth Donnelly , with the Africa Programme at London-based think tank Chatham House , told CNN the two issues together -- the sectarian violence and the fuel subsidy protests -- present the biggest challenge yet for Jonathan , who was elected president last year after taking the reins in 2010 when the former president died . An Islamist militant group , Boko Haram , has been blamed for other attacks on churches .
Sectarian ##ism and fuel policy changes are tests for the people , an activist said . They attacked the New Life church in Gombe as they met for a service . An eyewitness describes how people were gunned down as they tried to flee . An Islamist militant group , Boko Haram , has been blamed for other attacks on churches .