Jump to content

Recommended Posts


  • Group:  Bots
  • Followers:  3
  • Topic Count:  39,875
  • Topics Per Day:  6.06
  • Content Count:  48,035
  • Content Per Day:  7.30
  • Reputation:   1,057
  • Days Won:  2
  • Joined:  06/06/2007
  • Status:  Offline

Posted

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News

ABUJA (Worthy News) – More than 100 Christians, including children, pastors, farmers, and “even people attending a funeral,” have been killed and around 5,000 displaced in attacks by Islamist militants in Nigeria, a Christian advocacy group confirmed Tuesday.

Open Doors said that many of the attacks over the past week are believed to be “revenge” against a local bishop who testified to the U.S. Congress about the ongoing violence in the region.

“On Saturday, May 24, there was a series of shootings by Fulani militants in the villages of Tse-Ubiam and Tyolaha in Benue State, killing ten people. The following day, 20 were killed in shootings in Aondona and Ahume and in a further attack on Yelewata village,” the group explained.

“On Monday, gunmen returned to two of the villages, taking aim and shooting survivors on sight. By Tuesday, the local government chairman confirmed over 40 had been killed.”

The attacks happened in Gwer West, part of the Makurdi Diocese – the very diocese led by Bishop Wilfred Anagbe, who testified to U.S. Congress, Christians said. “This is horror. This is terror,” said priest Oliver Ortese. “You cannot imagine the reality we live in here.”

The bishop’s comments about the mass killing of Christians “drew threats from both some Islamic groups and the government’, according to priest Moses Aondover Iorapuu of Makurdi Diocese. “It took support from the US government for Bishop Anagbe to return to Nigeria without detention, but we suspected there would be an aftermath,” he added in published remarks.

There were further attacks reported some 400 kilometers (250 miles) away in Taraba State. Also, on Saturday, May 24, an armed motorcycle convoy stormed homes, killing 42 people, including 24 members of a local Methodist church, Christians confirmed.

SURVIVORS SHOCKED

“We didn’t know where to run to,” said survivor Soja Emmanuel. “They came around 2 a.m., shooting sporadically. People jumped out of their homes into the bush. Some didn’t make it.”

“We counted 42 corpses before noon on Saturday,” a soldier told national newspapers. “This is beyond anything we’ve seen before.” The exact death toll in Taraba remains uncertain.

Elsewhere in Bokkos County in Plateau State, details are still emerging of a series of attacks by Fulani militants that begun on Sunday 25 May, with nine people reported dead so far. “It’s understood that a mass burial of those killed in Kopmur village came under fire when gunmen returned to attack mourners at the graveside. Dozens of Christians are said to be trapped in forests and mountain hideouts, unable to escape as the militants continue to roam through the villages,” Open Doors said.

Terror alerts were still in force across Plateau State on Tuesday, Christians said, adding that it was not clear whether security forces quelled the violence.

The scale of bloodshed and the multiple failures of security are fuelling mounting criticism of state governors, who appear powerless to protect communities.

With clashes ongoing, more than 5,000 people have reportedly fled or are still hiding in the forests. “Fear reigns. The attacks have left deep wounds of grief — but also a call to prayer,” Open Doors stressed.

“Many don’t feel safe anymore, only because they identify as Christian. When the very diocese whose bishop courageously testified suddenly finds itself burying scores of its people – including from his village – serious questions are raised,” added an Open Doors legal expert for sub-Saharan Africa who identifies himself as John Samuel which is not his real name. “Many don’t feel safe anymore, only because they identify as Christian.”

PERSECUTION INCREASING

Christian persecution in Nigeria has reached such levels that observers struggle to document each atrocity before the next begins fully, he stressed.

“Accountability remains scarce for these grave violations of the fundamental rights to life, liberty, and freedom. The Nigerian government is failing to protect Christians who are killed in indiscriminate attacks. We call on the Nigerian government to do everything in its power to protect vulnerable Christian communities,” Samuel said.

The expert said, “We call on believers worldwide to lift up in urgent prayer those struck down in this unimaginable suffering” and “for militants to encounter Jesus and turn from their wicked ways.”

Nigeria ranks 7th on the annual World Watch List of 50 nations where Open Doors says Christians face the most persecution for their faith.

Last year, more than 3,000 Christians were killed and more than 2,000 kidnapped by mainly Islamic groups in Nigeria alone, according to Open Doors and other sources.

They are not alone. Christians living in a displacement camp in Benue State, seen in the footage by Worthy News, are among an estimated 16.2 million believers in sub-Saharan Africa who have been forced to flee their homes because of local violence and broader armed conflict.

The post More than 100 Christians Killed In Nigeria appeared first on Worthy Christian News.

View the full article

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Our picks

    • You are coming up higher in this season – above the assignments of character assassination and verbal arrows sent to manage you, contain you, and derail your purpose. Where you have had your dreams and sleep robbed, as well as your peace and clarity robbed – leaving you feeling foggy, confused, and heavy – God is, right now, bringing freedom back -- now you will clearly see the smoke and mirrors that were set to distract you and you will disengage.

      Right now God is declaring a "no access zone" around you, and your enemies will no longer have any entry point into your life. Oil is being poured over you to restore the years that the locust ate and give you back your passion. This is where you will feel a fresh roar begin to erupt from your inner being, and a call to leave the trenches behind and begin your odyssey in your Christ calling moving you to bear fruit that remains as you minister to and disciple others into their Christ identity.

      This is where you leave the trenches and scale the mountain to fight from a different place, from victory, from peace, and from rest. Now watch as God leads you up higher above all the noise, above all the chaos, and shows you where you have been seated all along with Him in heavenly places where you are UNTOUCHABLE. This is where you leave the soul fight, and the mind battle, and learn to fight differently.

      You will know how to live like an eagle and lead others to the same place of safety and protection that God led you to, which broke you out of the silent prison you were in. Put your war boots on and get ready to fight back! Refuse to lay down -- get out of bed and rebuke what is coming at you. Remember where you are seated and live from that place.

      Acts 1:8 - “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses … to the end of the earth.”

       

      ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
        • Thanks
        • This is Worthy
        • Thumbs Up
      • 3 replies
    • George Whitten, the visionary behind Worthy Ministries and Worthy News, explores the timing of the Simchat Torah War in Israel. Is this a water-breaking moment? Does the timing of the conflict on October 7 with Hamas signify something more significant on the horizon?

       



      This was a message delivered at Eitz Chaim Congregation in Dallas Texas on February 3, 2024.

      To sign up for our Worthy Brief -- https://worthybrief.com

      Be sure to keep up to date with world events from a Christian perspective by visiting Worthy News -- https://www.worthynews.com

      Visit our live blogging channel on Telegram -- https://t.me/worthywatch
      • 0 replies
    • Understanding the Enemy!

      I thought I write about the flip side of a topic, and how to recognize the attempts of the enemy to destroy lives and how you can walk in His victory!

      For the Apostle Paul taught us not to be ignorant of enemy's tactics and strategies.

      2 Corinthians 2:112  Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 

      So often, we can learn lessons by learning and playing "devil's" advocate.  When we read this passage,

      Mar 3:26  And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 
      Mar 3:27  No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strongman; and then he will spoil his house. 

      Here we learn a lesson that in order to plunder one's house you must first BIND up the strongman.  While we realize in this particular passage this is referring to God binding up the strongman (Satan) and this is how Satan's house is plundered.  But if you carefully analyze the enemy -- you realize that he uses the same tactics on us!  Your house cannot be plundered -- unless you are first bound.   And then Satan can plunder your house!

      ... read more
        • Oy Vey!
        • Praise God!
        • Thanks
        • Well Said!
        • Brilliant!
        • Loved it!
        • This is Worthy
        • Thumbs Up
      • 230 replies
    • Daniel: Pictures of the Resurrection, Part 3

      Shalom everyone,

      As we continue this study, I'll be focusing on Daniel and his picture of the resurrection and its connection with Yeshua (Jesus). 

      ... read more
        • Praise God!
        • Brilliant!
        • Loved it!
        • This is Worthy
        • Thumbs Up
      • 13 replies
    • Abraham and Issac: Pictures of the Resurrection, Part 2
      Shalom everyone,

      As we continue this series the next obvious sign of the resurrection in the Old Testament is the sign of Isaac and Abraham.

      Gen 22:1  After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."
      Gen 22:2  He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."

      So God "tests" Abraham and as a perfect picture of the coming sacrifice of God's only begotten Son (Yeshua - Jesus) God instructs Issac to go and sacrifice his son, Issac.  Where does he say to offer him?  On Moriah -- the exact location of the Temple Mount.

      ...read more
        • Well Said!
        • This is Worthy
        • Thumbs Up
      • 20 replies
×
×
  • Create New...