Harbi a Cocin Deeper Life Bible Church
A ranar 7 ga watan Agustan 2012, an yi ta harbin jama'a a Deeper Life, cocin Evangelical Christian Church kusa da Okene a jihar Kogi ta tsakiyar Najeriya. Wasu ƴan bindiga uku da ba a san ko su waye ba sun kashe mutane 19 ciki har da limamin cocin. Washegari, a wani harin ramuwar gayya, wasu ƴan bindiga uku akan babura sun kashe sojoji biyu da wani farar hula a wajen wani masallaci a Okene.

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Boko Haram, ƙungiyar ta'addanci ta musulunci wadda manufarta ita ce kafa tsarin shari'a a duk faɗin Najeriya, ta kara kaimi da ƙwarewa wajen kai hare-hare tun bayan arangama da jami'an tsaro a shekarar 2009. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ta yi ikirarin daukar alhakin, ko kuma ake zargi da kai hare-hare da dama kan gwamnatin Najeriya da farar hula. Galibin hare-hare dai na faruwa ne a yankin arewacin Najeriya na musulmi,  ko da yake an yi amfani da sunan kungiyar wajen daukar wasu bama-bamai, kamar harin da aka kai kan hedkwatar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da kuma babban ginin 'yan sanda a babban birnin tarayya Abuja. Tuni dai kungiyar da kanta ta balle, inda wasu ƴaƴan ƙungiyar Al-Qaida a yankin Magrib ta Islama, wasu kuma ke sa ran cimma yarjejeniya irin ta MEND ta kudancin Najeriya.

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Harbin coci 
An kai harin ne a ranar 7 ga watan Agustan 2012, a cocin Deeper Life Bible da ke garin Otite, wanda ke wajen garin Okene  a jihar Kogi.  Wasu mutane uku dauke da bindigogi kirar AK-47, sun shiga cocin ne a daidai lokacin da ake shirin fara taron nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki. Daya daga cikin mutanen ya kashe janareta da ke samar da hasken wuta a cocin. Sai sauran mutanen biyu suka yi harbi cikin duhu da bindigunsu. Mutane 15 ne aka kashe kai tsaye sannan wasu huɗu sun mutu daga baya sakamakon raunukan da suka samu. 

Babu wata kungiya da ta ɗauki alhakin harbin. Ko da yake a baya ƙungiyar Boko Haram ta kai hari kan majami'un Kirista, harin ya yi nisa a kudancin yankin fiye da yankin da kungiyar ta saba yi.

Harbin Masallaci 
A ranar 8 ga watan Agusta, wasu ƴan bindiga uku kan babura sun harbe sojoji biyu a wajen wani masallaci a Okene. An kuma kashe wani farar hula ta hanyar musayar wuta. Sojojin sun yi sintiri ne a wajen masallacin kuma an yi musu luguden wuta a karshen wani taron addu'a.

Martani 
A yayin da aka kai hare-haren a kusa da Okene, da ke kan iyaka tsakanin Kudancin Najeriya mafi akasarin Kiristoci da kuma arewacin ƙasar Musulmi, an bayyana su a matsayin "damuwa" ga rikicin addini a Najeriya. An tura jami’an tsaro yankin  sannan shugaban ‘yan sanda na kasa Mohammed Abubakar ya ba da umarnin sanya ido na tsawon sa’o’i 24 a duk coci-coci da masallatai da ke yankin tsakiyar jihar Kogi.  Sojojin Najeriya da jami’an ƴan sanda sun yi ta nemo ‘yan bindigar cikin dare bayan harbe-harbe. 

Idris Wada, gwamnan jihar Kogi, ya sanar da kafa dokar hana fita daga gari zuwa wayewar gari a sassan jihar. Ya ce, “Masu aikata wannan aika-aika, miyagu ne, shaidanu ne, marasa tsoron Allah kuma ba su cancanci gurbi a cikin al’umma mai hankali ba. Amma ba za su rabu da shi ba a wannan lokacin. Ba za mu bar wata hanya da za mu iya kamo masu aikata ta’addanci da ta’addanci daga jiharmu ba.”  Wada ya kuma ziyarci Ohinoyi na ƙabilar Ebira domin nuna rashin jin dadinsa da halin da yankinsa ke ciki.

Bincike 
Mazauna yankin Okene sun yi zargin cewa a cikin kwanaki bayan harbe-harben ƴan sanda sun gudanar da bincike gida-gida tare da lakada wa wasu fararen hula duka. An bayyana cewa wasu ƴan ƙasar sun tsere daga birnin. Kakakin ƴan sandan ya musanta cewa an samu tashin hankali. An kawo wasu tsoffin ƴan siyasa daga yankin Okene Lokoja domin amsa tambayoyi dangane da hare-haren. 

A ranar 9 ga watan Agusta, ƴan sanda sun sanar da cewa sun kama maza biyu da mace daya da ake zargi da aikata laifin harbin cocin. Rahotanni sun ce an kama mutanen uku ne biyo bayan musayar wuta da ‘yan sanda suka yi a garin Ibillo na jihar Edo.

Duba kuma 

 Juni 2012: tashin bama-bamai a cocin Kaduna

Nassoshi 

2012 Kashe-kashe a Najeriya
Boko Haram
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Hare-haren Boko Haram