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“Women, Children among Christians Kidnapped in Nigeria,” Morning Star News, November 6, 2024:

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Friday (Nov. 1) kidnapped four Christians in an attack on villages in north-central Nigeria, sources said.

One woman was among the four Christians abducted from two predominantly Christian villages, Mai-Iddo and Arikon, in Kachia County, Kaduna state, said area resident Festus Audu. He identified the assailants as Fulani herdsmen and also called them “bandits.”

“The bandits, wielding deadly weapons, kidnapped the four Christians at about 5 p.m. on Nov. 1 as the Christians were working on their farms,” Audu told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News in a text message. “This is a second invasion of Mai-Iddo village in the past two months.”

The herdsmen also attacked Mai-Iddo village in Oct. 17, kidnapping four Christian women and a child, he said.

Women and Girls Abducted at Gunpoint

Fulani herdsmen on May 19 attacked another predominantly Christian community in Kachia County, Mai-Goro village, kidnapping seven Christian girls and women at gunpoint, said area resident Peter Madaki….

In Bishini village on April 14, herdsmen kidnapped five Christians, said area resident Abraham Bishini.

“The bandits invaded the community and kidnapped Samuel Danbayi, our community leader, alongside four of his children in his house at about midnight,” Bishini said. “The herdsmen demanded the payment of a ransom of 15 million naira [$9,070 USD] before they can release the Christians from Bishini, our community.”

In the county’s Goshe village, Fulani herdsmen on April 3 killed a Christian and kidnapped 13 others, said area resident Musa Bala.

“The herdsmen shot and killed a Christian, Philibus Andrew, a community leader of Goshe village,” Bala said. “The incident occurred at about 11 p.m. The herdsmen first attacked the house of Philibus Andrew and shot him dead. They then moved to the house of another Christian, Abraham Dangana, where they kidnapped him, his wife, eight children and three other Christian relatives of his.”

The herdsmen also attacked neighboring Badeko village, another predominantly Christian community, on the same day, where they kidnapped 10 Christians, he said….