On the morning of 1 November, armed Islamic militants associated with the Boko Haram terrorist group invaded the village of Takulashi. With the use of automatic weapons, they shot everyone in sight — burning and looting homes during the rampage. When the militants left the area two hours later, 12 members of the primarily Christian village were found dead, including a church pastor. The attackers also took three women and four children hostage.
The village where the massacre took place is only 15 km from Chibok, where 276 young students were kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014.
In another incident, which took place in the southwest state of Ekiti, suspected Fulani herdsmen killed Rev Johnson Oladimeji as he was travelling home on 26 November. When his wife was unable to reach him on the phone, family members began searching for him. He was found the next day in his car along the side of the highway. Allegedly, the assailants were waiting in the bush and shot at his vehicle as he drove by.
Two days later, in Kaduna state, militant Fulani herdsmen raided two predominantly Christian villages. Seven Christians were killed in the attacks; and two children, named Rebecca and Clement, were kidnapped.
In many areas of Nigeria and several other African nations, Fulani Islamic militants have terrorised communities. While some of the attacks were committed with the intent of plunder, in many cases, Christians have been targeted because of their faith. These repeated acts of militancy have led to the stigmatisation of the Fulani people as a whole.
Sources: Release International, Morning Star News, Sahara Reports
- Intercede for the victims who have been kidnapped, asking that they too will be sheltered from harm and safely released. Uphold the families of those who have suffered and died in these recent attacks.
- Pray for God’s strength and protection to be upon all those who are faithfully proclaiming the message of salvation through Jesus Christ to the Fulani people.
- Pray that there will be a miraculous resolution to these ongoing human rights violations.
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God please show up and prove yourself God! Let God arise!
Lord just about everyday the Boko Haram is killing christians. Yet most times it doesn’t even reach the main media anymore. Why not?
Because the world at large supports Muslim rights, more than they do christians, Lord we pray for your comfort, peace and strength to come to those who are left with so much grief and pain from their loved ones being taken from them in such a horrific way. Lord please protect those who have been kidnapped, and we pray you can perform a miracle and get them all released. Lord every christian in this country needs you more than ever, because they suffer so much persecution from a religion which is full of hate for those who follow you. Lord how we long to see these muslims saved, because only then, will these killings, kidnappings and tortures to christians stop.
In your Precious name we pray.
God over all, ruler of princes, kings, and presidents and parliaments, bring order and hope to the despairing peoples of Northern Nigeria where these terrible attacks are predominantly occurring. We again plead for intervention by the Government to protect its peoples. Most importantly we pray for an outpouring of your grace on believers and persecutors alike that peace might reign so that the Gospel might spread and many be one for Christ. Especially draw close through your Spirit to those suffering or who have lost loved ones in the violence and may they respond graciously and in prayer, humbly dependent on you and in a manner worthy of the Gospel by which they have been saved. Lord have mercy.