Source: Morning Star News, November 2, 2021
Two Christians were killed in an attack on a church service in southern Kaduna state on Sunday, October 31, with eight others slain in earlier assaults on predominantly Christian villages, sources said.
The lethal attack on Baptist worshipers in Kakau Daji village, Chikun County, also resulted in the kidnapping of dozens of Christians from the Sunday service, church leaders said.
“Two Christians were killed in the church during the morning worship service, and many others were taken away at gunpoint by the armed Fulani herdsmen,” Ishaya Jangado, president of the Kaduna Baptist Convention, said in a text message to Morning Star News.
Joseph Hayab, chairman of the Kaduna State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), lamented that the Nigerian government has been incapable of stopping such atrocities after years of attacks.
The full story also describes other recent attacks in the area. We looked for an update on this one (were the captives released?) but did not find one.
A related story adds, “To compound matters, a shutdown of state telecom services to help combat bandit activity is understood to have exacerbated the attack. The church was unable to call for help, whilst the bandits have reportedly asked for a higher ransom because they had to travel further for network service to contact the victims’ relations” (Open Doors).
For something more encouraging, read Elite Runner Uses Life Experiences to Establish Teen Challenge in Nigeria (Assemblies of God News) or, from elsewhere in Africa, An Imam Encourages His People to Read the Bible (World Venture).