{"id":37178,"date":"2026-04-29T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=37178"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:50:50","slug":"how-long-will-the-righteous-be-slain-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/how-long-will-the-righteous-be-slain-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Will the Righteous Be Slain in Nigeria?"},"content":{"rendered":"

More Nigerian Christians have been brutally murdered in fresh attacks. <\/b><\/a>Gunmen killed at least 29 people in the country’s north-eastern Adamawa state.<\/p>\n

The Islamic State group (IS) has said it was behind the attack, without specifying its motive.
\nArmed militants, linked to Islamic State affiliates, stormed a gathering at a football match, opening fire indiscriminately and surrounding the village for hours. Survivors recount scenes of chaos as worshippers, families, and young people fled for their lives, many cut down where they stood.<\/p>\n

Eyewitness accounts describe how attackers split into groups, encircling the community and shooting residents on sight. Homes, churches, and livelihoods were destroyed in what many are calling a deliberate attempt to erase Christian presence in the region.<\/p>\n

State governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri condemned the killings as an \u201caffront to our humanity,\u201d promising increased security. Yet for grieving families burying their dead, such statements offer little comfort.<\/p>\n

Psalm 34:19 The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Recent attacks<\/h2>\n

Just days before, 12 Christians were murdered in another Adamawa attack, where militants also burned a church building, further deepening fear among believers. Earlier this month, almost 400 people<\/b><\/a> were sentenced during mass trials for their links with militant Islamist groups Boko Haram and its rival splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap).<\/p>\n

In 2009, Boko Haram launched an insurgency in Nigeria’s north-east leading to the deaths of tens of thousands of people and displacement of more than two million in the years since, according to aid groups.<\/p>\n

The jihadist conflict has spread to neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon.The calculated nature of these attacks suggests not random violence, but a sustained campaign of terror.<\/p>\n

According to the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety)<\/b><\/a>, over 52,000 Christians have been killed, and 18,000 churches and 2,200 Christian schools destroyed by Islamist extremists.<\/p>\n

Psalm 10:8 He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent.<\/b><\/p>\n