BANTAJE, Nigeria — Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a father of two Jan. 23 in Taraba state of Nigeria whose pastoral ministry had brought education, medicine and clothing to thousands of impoverished people.
Pastor Joshua Adah was returning to his mission station in Bantaje, a village near Jalingo, from an evangelistic outreach to some villagers when his vehicle broke down, a ministry supporter said.
“A few kilometers from Jalingo he had car issues along the Wukari-Jalingo road,” said a supporter of Adah’s ministry. “He was mercilessly hacked to death by Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram.”
Joseph Kwaji, a police spokesman for the Taraba State Command, confirmed that Muslim Fulani killed Adah.
Adah had left the comforts of city life to start a boarding school in a hut. The school, just one part of his ministry, provided free education to a student population that grew to more than 400 pupils.
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