Between 11 and 13 May, Fulani herdsmen killed at least twenty-five Christian men, women and children in Kaduna State. The number of violent attacks in Nigeria’s Middle Belt has increased during the Covid-19 lockdown as the terrorists are exploiting the fact that the authorities are focussed on ensuring that restrictions are adhered to.
Shortly before midnight on 11 May, a group of heavily armed militants on motorbikes descended on a Christian village, Gonan Rogo, massacring seventeen Christians. Twelve of the victims were killed in their homes while they were sleeping and five bodies were found in the bush, including a 70-year-old, seven children and a six-month-old baby.
Among the victims was the entire Yakubu household: Jonathan (40), Sheba (32) and their three children, Patience (13), Revelation (6) and Rejoice (4) were all brutally murdered.

In recent years, Nigeria’s Middle Belt has been experiencing widespread violence as ethnic Fulani Muslim herdsmen increasingly use military-grade weapons to drive largely Christian farmers off fertile grazing land. Thousands of Christians have been killed and their properties looted and burned, including hundreds of church buildings. The Middle Belt is a volatile zone of convergence between the majority Muslim north and the majority Christian south.
More Christians have been martyred in northern and central Nigeria in recent years than anywhere else in the world. According to Open Doors, during the period November 2018 – October 2019 Nigeria led the world in Christian martyrdoms (1,350 confirmed) and abductions (224 confirmed).

They need protection. They need intercession, they need us!

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