A new video shows a Nigerian church pastor who was kidnapped along with two Christian women by Islamist militants, pleading for help.
A new video shows a Nigerian church pastor who was kidnapped along with two Christian women by Islamist militants, pleading for help.
On Sunday, just over a week after Fulani herdsmen in northeast Nigeria killed another church member and kidnapped a Christian woman and pastor, two Christians were wounded by Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria.
Peaceful protests that began earlier this month against torture and killings by Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) forces turned violent when security forces shot at protestors and #EndSARS counter-protestors took to the streets.
Then, last week, Christian leaders in Plateau, Kano and Kogi states led prayer walks where thousands of Christians appealed for peace. As various cultural and political groups expanded the protests to include their own interests, suspected Muslim agitators took advantage of the chaos to attack churches, sources said.
On Wednesday, Muslim Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria hacked a young Catholic man to death with machetes.
Two young Christian women, a 6-year-old boy and others were attacked and killed this week by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria.
A church elder was recently shot and his daughters kidnapped in northwest Nigeria. This is just another in a string of attacks being launched against Christians.
A Chrisitan riding a motorcycle was shot and killed by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria.
In an interview this week, former NFL player and outspoken Christian Benjamin Watson urged Americans to look outside of their own borders and help persecuted Christians in Nigeria.
In an event on Wednesday, Benjamin Watson, Rep. Tusi Gabbard and others called for the U.S. to send aid to Nigeria to help persecuted Christians.
A predominantly Christian village in north-central Nigeria was attacked on Monday, leaving one resident dead, several children kidnapped and church buildings burned.
