Eight leaders from a campus fellowship in Nigeria were kidnapped in mid-June and remained missing as of July 6.
On June 14, gunmen abducted Uwem Cosmos, who is the general director of Scripture Union Nigeria, reported Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. The group’s media officer, a pastor and his two daughters, a driver and two others were also kidnapped.
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At the time of the abduction, the group was returning to Ibadan in Oyo state, where its headquarters are located, after having attended a Scripture Union Campus Fellowship conference in Okigwe in Imo state, a source said.
The last communication with the group was at 9 a.m. that day. Since then, the members’ phones have been off, a statement from Scripture Union noted.
Christian Daily-Morning Star describe Scripture Union Nigeria as “a campus fellowship aiming to reach students in Nigeria’s universities and colleges with the gospel.”
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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