Nigerian Christian Leaders: ‘The Terrorists Are in Charge’ Jihadis stormed a church choir practice and kidnapped 17 Christians in north-central Nigeria the night of May 18, and the same night gunmen killed a Christian and kidnapped two others at a Baptist church.
Because the victims are Christian, the mainstream media all but ignore the story. The Fulani herdsmen, also known as the Fulani militia, are a semi-nomadic, pastoralist ethnic group living in the central regions of Nigeria, predominately in the Middle Belt. The majority of the Fulani herdsmen are Muslim.
Armed Gunmen Kidnap 19 Christians, Kill One in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Suspected Fulani herdsmen stormed a church choir practice and kidnapped 17 Christians in north-central Nigeria the night of May 18, and the same night gunmen killed a Christian and kidnapped two others at a Baptist church.
By Our Nigeria Correspondent, Morning Star News, JOS, Nigeria, May 27, 2019 :
Armed Gunmen Kidnap 19 Christians, Kill One in Kaduna State, NigeriaPastor, daughter among 17 abducted in one attack, while another assault claims a life.
Suspected Fulani herdsmen stormed a church choir practice and kidnapped 17 Christians in north-central Nigeria the night of May 18, and the same night gunmen killed a Christian and kidnapped two others at a Baptist church, sources said.Each attack took place in Kaduna state, where assaults on Christians with impunity have recently ramped up in the increasingly lawless country.
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In Dankande village, in the Dogon Dawa area of Birnin Gwari County 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of the city of Kaduna, the gunmen attacked Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) after midnight, at 12:30 a.m. on May 19, as a combined choir made up of members of two churches was at a 9 p.m.-to-1 a.m. rehearsal, one of the choir members said.
“As we were in the church, Fulani herdsmen numbering over 20 just surrounded the church and started shooting,” Ezekiel Ishaya told Morning Star News. “Everybody was terrified, but there was no way we could run because they had already surrounded the church. They were asking for the pastor’s house, and they threatened to shoot us if we don’t show them the house. Some of them went to the pastor’s house while others kept watch over us.”
The Rev. Nathaniel Waziri, chairman, of the ECWA Zaria District Church Council, confirmed in a press statement on Thursday (May 23) that the gunmen kidnapped the Rev. Zakariya Ido, his daughter and 15 other church members, including the son of the pastor of an Assemblies of God Church.
“The gunmen came and asked everyone in the church to surrender phones and thereafter demanded the whereabout of the pastor,” he said. “After threatening the choristers, they became afraid and showed them the pastor’s house.”
Ishaya said besides the ECWA pastor and his daughter, 10 females and five males were abducted.
“It was in the midst of the confusion that I escaped from the attackers,” Ishaya said.
The Rev. Emmanuel Ibrahim, chairman of the Birnin Gwari chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), confirmed the assault and said Nasara Baptist church in Guguwa-Kwate village, in the Rigasa area of Igabi County 37 kilometers (22 miles) north of the city of Kaduna, was attacked the same night.
“One member was killed and two other members were kidnapped the same night by another group of Fulani herdsmen,” Pastor Ibrahim told Morning Star News, identifying the slain Christian as Obadiah Samson.
Kaduna Kidnappings
Christians and churches in Kaduna state have been under attack for years by either Muslim herdsmen or Muslim terrorist groups.
Armed herdsmen in May 2017 kidnapped pastor James Effiong Okon of The Apostolic Church in Zaria while he was on his way from Zaria, Kaduna state, to the city of Kaduna. Pastor Okon was area superintendent of the Apostolic Church in Lawna, Cote D’Ivoire, before being transferred to Zaria.
There has been no word of him since he was kidnapped.
In March 2016, a Fulani gang kidnapped three pastors. The president and vice president of the United Church of Christ in Nigeria (HEKAN), the Rev. Emmanuel Dziggan and the Rev. Illiya Anthony respectively, along with the Rev. Yakubu Dzarma, were abducted from Dutse village in Kaduna state. Pastor Anthony fell ill and was reportedly left in the forest to be found by relatives, while the other two church leaders were held for nine days before a ransom was paid for their release.
Christians make up 51.3 percent of Nigeria’s population, while Muslims living primarily in the north and middle belt account for 45 percent.
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Mark Steiner
4 years ago
Beside Nigeria, Burkina Faso also saw another terror attack on Christians today. Remembering the victims in prayer does not seem to be enough, but better than nothing.
The Islamic leadership in Nigeria will do just that – absolutely nothing.
You can bet the far-Left media in America and their (you name it!) adherents will be cheering and clapping these events – while reporting nothing about them.
Rick James
4 years ago
Why are we not arming the Christians and training them to defend themselves? Imagine if all of us non-Muslims were well armed, we could easily solve the Islamic terrorism problem ourselves in case a group of these murderous savages came after us.
I get it’s a poor nation but it’s a small price for western nations to pay, instead of paying billions in the future to fight an African continent with 4 billion Islamic terrorists.
Nigeria has some of, if not THE, most restrictive firearm laws on the planet. To even possess a muzzle loading, black powder musket, it requires a special “collector’s license” issued by the central government. The waiting period for that license involves years. However, the moslems are armed with fully automatic Kalashnikovs. Time for the Christians to stop being law abiding and fight back.
They need outside help.
They can’t arm themselves it takes an organisation to purchase and supply the firearms to the people and of course that takes big finance which is something these poor law abiding Christians don’t have.
Unless western Christian help comes in they appear to be at the mercy of their own corrupt government where only death awaits them.
Most churches never mention the plight of our Nigerian brothers and sisters in Christ. But … Oh boy howdy …. it’s months of prayers for the poor moslems in New Zealand. Seriously, most Christians simply do not know … and, I have NO idea how they would react if they did.
I don’t see most churches as any longer being true Christians.
To follow a doctrine of allowing multi faiths and moslems to share a Christian platform goes directly against the words of Christ.
What must be banged into the thick sculls of the clergy is
BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS!
In my local church which I attended at Christmas the vicar was wittering on about Joseph and Mary being asylum seekers!
Need I say more?
I had an interesting conversation, probably less than two years ago, with someone espousing that warped lie. The Romans ORDERED all to return to their city, or area, of origin so that a census and tax could be taken. I brought that up and asked how them being ORDERED to go there made them “refugees”. They hemmed and hawed and said … “Well, what about running to Egypt?” I asked him what welfare benefits did Egypt hand out to that family? Were they given monthly cash stipends, provided with food, clothing and shelter? Or, how about free medical care? This conversation had to do with those coming from our southern border, it didn’t really touch on moslems. But, when I said that those “refugees” were actually, “The Invasion of the Welfare Snatchers” … They really didn’t know how to answer.
I love to see SJWs melt.
They live in a cosy make believe where no one gets raped or beheaded and pisslam is the religion of peace.
They’re strangely fond of unicorns too!
I think they should hold luaus all over Nigeria…:)
felix1999
4 years ago
He needs to have a chat with Pope Frances.
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Isn’t it interesting that the muslum president of Nigeria has done nothing to stop these attacks, which makes me wonder if he’s not in fact facilitating them on the QT.
Tm.
4 years ago
Why don’t they just leave those poor Christians in peace? What’s the UN saying about this? Anything?
Got to pray for the Nigerian Christians. I would never know any of this save for this site. That is not fair.
The world remains quiet.
God sees. God knows.
The Nigerian Christians are of no interest to the moslem run UN.
If anything they will condone this genocidal jihad.
The UN are scum and along with the EU and NATO need badly replacing.
R. Arandas
4 years ago
If only more African-Americans could speak out against this horror. These militants have killed far more people than the police in America, yet does it bother most of them?
It seems that maybe not all black lives matter after all.
True words. It seems no matter what atrocities are committed there the western powers just want to look the other way.
Dave Glynn
4 years ago
When are the powers in the west ever going to do anything about the genocide of Christians in Nigeria? This has been going on for too long and all the heads of state of the developed world just look the other way.
We need a force to be assembled to wipe these shitebags out like the South African mercenaries who almost completed the job before their mission was terminated.
A crusade for Nigeria is called for.
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