SEVEN Christians were killed in Nigeria’s Benue state on Saturday, bringing the total number of believers who have lost their lives there to more than 60 in less than a month, it has been reported.
Please continue to uphold your Christian brothers and sisters in Nigeria in prayer as they continue to go through this brutal and relentless persecution.
Militants killed a Christian, Orolumunga Changogi, during a raid on a worship meeting on Saturday night in Logo County, sources said. Five others were wounded and the pastor, Rev Gwadue Kwaghtyo, and four other church members were kidnapped. Earlier in the day it is understood that at least six believers in Apa County were killed.
Local resident Sunday Ojo in a text message that day said: ‘Ikobi village, a Christian community, is currently under attack by Fulani herdsmen. Several houses have been razed, while more than six Christians have been killed by the attackers. Christians in Apa Local Government Area [LGA] need your prayers.’
Edward Lucky, another resident, also texted: ‘Christian villages in Apa … are under attack. Many Christians have been displaced by the armed herdsmen. These attacks have forced Christians to abandon their farms. There has been no government intervention in order to stem these attacks.’
On March 26 in Guma LGA, five people were killed by militant Fulani herdsmen in raids on the predominantly Christian villages of Njee and Chongu, after Udei village was attacked three days earlier, said local resident James Anyamnhu.
In Agatu and Otukpo counties, five Christians were killed in two herdsmen attacks on March 23 in Atakpa village, Agatu County, and Iwili village, Otukpo County, said Joseph Ngbede, a council official of the Agatu LGA. He added that Guma County was also targeted.
These raids followed the killing of more 50 Christians in Kwande County on March 13.
