ABUJA, Nigeria — A video uploaded to YouTube earlier this month gives hope that a pastor and his wife abducted 14 months ago in Nigeria are still alive.
The video posted May 5 shows Paul Musa, pastor of Church of Christ in Nations, and his wife, reports the news services Christian Daily International and Morning Star News. They were kidnapped March 14, 2023, in Gamboru Ngala in Nigeria’s Borno State. The date the video was made is unknown.
No group has claimed responsibility for the abduction. However, the video shows the couple seated next to a Boko Haram flag. Boko Haram is an Islamist extremist group.
In the video, which YouTube swiftly took down as violating its terms of service, Musa laments the inaction of the Nigerian government and the Christian Association of Nigeria in securing their release. He urgently pleads for action from both to rescue them.
Musa says kidnapped Muslims whom Boko Haram held in the same place as the couple have been freed, the news services report, yet no Christians have been released.
Nigeria is No. 6 on Open Doors’ 2024 World Watch List of 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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