Nigeria Muslim Militants "Kidnap" Christian Children
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- A major Christian rights group has expressed concern that Muslim militants in Nigeria are increasingly kidnapping Christian children to convert them to Islam, BosNewsLife monitored Tuesday, March 20.
The Voice Of the Martyrs (VOM) Australia, which is supporting Christians persecuted for their faith, told BosNewsLife it had urged supporters to "pray for the protection of Christians in Nigeria" after reports that the abduction of "teenage Christian boys and girls" is rising in areas that include majority-Muslim Sokoto state.
Compass Direct News, a Christian news agency investigating reports of persecution, quoted unidentified Christian leaders as saying that the kidnappings had become a "common phenomenon" in Sokoto state.
It cited the case of 13-year-old Victor Udo Usen, a member of the Christ Apostolic Church in Sokoto, who went missing in November last year. His mother Esther Udo Usen reportedly failed in her attempt to rescue him in February after a tip from a young Christian girl who raced to Usens' home in the Mabera area of Sokoto city, the state's capital.
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