Nigeria 160 People Massacred in Nigeria During Christmas Season

12/26/2023   (Christian Daily)

Terrorists massacred 160 people, many of them preparing for church Christmas programs, Saturday night (Dec. 23) through Monday (Dec. 25) in coordinated attacks on predominantly Christian areas in Plateau state, Nigeria. Church pastors were killed and hundreds of houses were destroyed in the massacres. Most of the Christians killed were women, children and the elderly who were unable to escape. More than 300 wounded people were rushed to hospitals. Plateau Gov. Caleb Mutfwang has vowed to strengthen security agencies in response to the attacks. Militants from the Fulani, Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and others regularly attack Christian communities, killing, maiming, raping and kidnapping for ransom or sexual slavery. Nigeria’s government continues to deny this is religious persecution, so violations of Christians’ rights are carried out with impunity.

Please pray…

• Pray that the Lord will comfort those who have lost loved ones, homes and churches, and that He will heal them of the trauma they have experienced.

• Pray that the Lord will heal those who were injured, both physically and emotionally.

• Pray that the government will begin to make sincere efforts to protect its Christian citizens.