BOTO, Nigeria — Suspected Islamic extremists abducted and killed a Church of Christ Nigerian pastor and his wife in Boto village, Bauchi state in northern Nigeria.
Ishaku Kadah, 48, and his 45-year-old wife Selina were buried April 17 after unidentified assailants reportedly whisked them from their church headquarters home April 13 and killed them. Their burnt bodies were found hours later.
On Jan. 22, suspected Islamic extremists had set fire to their church building days after Christians displaced by violence in Plateau state had taken refuge on the church premises.
“This is yet another case of unprovoked killing of Christians, which we condemn and demand that the law enforcement agents must fish out the perpetrators of this act,” Bishop Musa Fula, state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Bauchi state, told Compass Direct News. Police have reportedly arrested two suspects and have launched a man-hunt for several other accomplices. Authorities are not releasing the names of the suspects.
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