Twenty-nine Christians lost their lives in a matter of weeks in the relentless violence against believers in Nigeria.
Between April 19 and May 3, 11 Christians were killed in attacks upon villages in Nigeria’s Plateau state, reports Christian Daily International-Morning Star News.
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Muslim Fulani herdsmen were identified as the assailants.
Then, on May 8, armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen allegedly killed 13 Christians in the Plateau state community of Ngbra Zongo. Three pregnant women were among those slain.
Quoting sources, Christian Daily-Morning Star states that herdsmen also beheaded a 30-year-old Christian in Riwhie-Chwo village April 16 and killed a pastor, his wife and their two children in the Rim area April 26.
Ayuba Choji, the pastor, served on the Gako missions field.
‘Ongoing genocide’
“They were martyrs whose lives were claimed by the ongoing genocide against Christians in Nigeria,” a statement from Evangelical Church Winning All says of Choji and his family. “They died exactly where they chose to stand in the line of duty … refusing to abandon the post God had given them.”
World Watch
Nigeria is No. 7 on Open Doors’ 2026 World Watch List of the 50 places most difficult to be a Christian. Nigeria has led the world in the number of Christians killed for their faith or kidnapped.
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