Written by: Barnabas Fund
Article source: barnabasfund.org
A retired Nigerian church minister has been freed after being kidnapped in an attack in which another minister was killed.
Church colleagues confirmed the release of Joe Keke on 3 June and said the 75-year-old was undergoing medical treatment.
He was abducted on 20 May along with church minister Alphonsus Bello, 33, from a church in north-central Katsina State, Nigeria.
The body of the younger minister was found the following day in farmland near the church training school in Malunfashi.
Christians in Nigeria are often targeted for abduction, whether by Islamist militants or by bandits. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has warned of a “Christian genocide” if the government of Nigeria cannot protect Christians from Islamist terrorism.
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Date published: 27/06/2021
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