According to Morning Star News, in northeast Nigeria, gunmen shot a pastor and killed his sons in one attack, and killed a Christian engineering instructor in another this month.
Near Mubi town in Adamawa state where Islamic terrorists plagued, Assailants shot Rev. Daniel Umaru on July 5, leaving him dead after killing his sons, 19-year-old Kefrey Daniel and Fanye Daniel, 23, area sources said. The gunmen kidnapped his 13-year-old daughter, Ijagla, who was released later, on 8 July, after the kidnappers received a ransom payment.
Pastor Umaru, of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN), was recovering in a hospital, said area resident Aunty Adunni.
“He was shot and left to bleed to death,” Adunni told Morning Star News in a text message. “Both the wounded pastor and his wife, who became unconscious during the attack, were taken to the hospital.”
Police in Adamawa state confirmed the attack, with spokesman Suleiman Nguroje saying the assailants stormed the pastor’s home in Mararaba Mubi, near Mubi, at about 2 a.m. on July 5.
The state government condemned the attack in a statement and said the assailants must be brought to justice.