Sen. Mohammed Ali Ndume represents Borno South, Borno state, Nigeria. (Kwaro1, Inventive Commons)
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Day by day Worldwide–Morning Star Information) – Members of Islamic extremist group Boko Haram on Saturday (Aug. 30) killed 5 Christians in Borno state, Nigeria, and three others in one other space of the state on Sunday, sources mentioned.
The terrorists killed 5 Christians engaged on their farms in Ngoshe village, Gwoza County, and on Sunday (Aug. 31) attacked Mussa village in Askira-Uba County, killing three Christians as they slept of their houses, mentioned space resident Hauwa Samuel.
“Christians right here have continued to face challenges from fixed threats and assaults from Boko Haram terrorists,” Samuel mentioned in a message to Christian Day by day Worldwide-Morning Star Information.
Police and navy authorities in Borno State additionally confirmed the assaults, citing the killings on each Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 30-31).
“Sure, there have been two incidents of Boko Haram insurgents attacking two communities in Gwoza and Askira-Uba Native Authorities Areas,” mentioned Nanum Kenneth, state police spokesperson. “Stories from our officers within the two areas confirmed that 5 individuals had been killed at Ngoshe group, in Gwoza Native Authorities Space, whereas three others had been killed in Mussa group in Askira-Uba Native Authorities space.”
Reuben Kovangiya, spokesperson for the Nigerian navy in Borno State, additionally confirmed the assaults.
“Our personnel have been working assiduously to make sure that these assaults are curtailed, and we guarantee communities in Borno state that they are going to be protected by all means at our disposal,” Kovangiya mentioned.
A member of Nigeria’s Nationwide Meeting, Sen. Mohammed Ali Ndume, who represents Borno South, mentioned Boko Haram militants additionally burned dozens of homes in Sunday’s assault.
“Sure, it’s true that Boko Haram terrorists have continued their assaults in opposition to communities within the southern a part of Borno state,” Ndume mentioned.
An announcement from the senator’s workplace signed by his legislative aide, Junaid Jibrin, additional said that Ndume discovered the assaults heartbreaking and deeply painful, noting that repeated focusing on of harmless residents, particularly farmers and youths, is a merciless reminder of the lingering insecurity in Borno South.
“I’m profoundly saddened by these mindless killings,” Ndume mentioned within the assertion. “Our individuals, whose solely pursuit is peace and livelihood, proceed to fall sufferer to the cruelty of insurgents. These women and men deserved to reside, to farm and to dream, however their lives have been reduce quick by those that thrive on violence and destruction.”
Boko Haram, formally generally known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, seeks to impose sharia (Islamic regulation) all through Nigeria. The jihadist militant group based mostly in northeastern Nigeria noticed a break up in 2016 that resulted within the emergency of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
The identify Boko Haram was lengthy translated at “Western training is forbidden,” however the group says it needs to be translated as “Western civilization is forbidden.” Boko Haram insurgents consider different Muslims who don’t be a part of their jihad are infidels and thus justify killing them in addition to “apostates.” This place is taken into account a part of strict Salafi jihadism however not mainstream Islam.
Nigeria remained among the many most harmful locations on earth for Christians, based on Open Doorways’ 2025 World Watch Record of the international locations the place it’s most tough to be a Christian. Of the 4,476 Christians killed for his or her religion worldwide in the course of the reporting interval, 3,100 (69 %) had been in Nigeria, based on the WWL.
“The measure of anti-Christian violence within the nation is already on the most doable underneath World Watch Record methodology,” the report said.
Nigeria ranked seventh on the 2025 WWL record of the 50 worst international locations for Christians.
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