Article source: www.worthynews.com
Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria freed a Christian pastor recently who had been held captive since Christmas Eve, just hours before the ransom deadline expired and he was to be executed.
Security sources told the Nigerian online newspaper Premium Times that Pastor Bulus Yikura, who was abducted during an attack in the Chibok local government area of the Borno state on Dec. 24, has been released. A Premium Times reporter claimed to have seen the pastor being transported to a state security office around 6:15 p.m. local time.
Boko Haram, one of the world’s deadliest extremist groups, released a video on Feb. 24 where Yikura pleaded with the Nigerian government and the Christian Association of Nigeria to rescue him before he was killed. (Source: Christian Post (Read More…)
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Date published: 13/03/2021
Feature image: Christians in Nigeria worship at a church in this undated file photo. | Open Doors
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