KADUNA, Nigeria—Authorities have yet to identify suspects or make arrests after a complete congregation of Baptists worshipers was kidnapped on the morning of Oct. 31 in a rural area 50 miles southwest of Kaduna City in north-central Nigeria. The attack is the latest instance of ethnic cleansing in the region, according to one expert.
At least 60 worshipers were kidnapped from Emmanuel Baptist Church, in Kakau Daji in southern Kaduna, according to Rev. Joseph Hayab, a Baptist cleric and president of the Kaduna chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria. The attack has forced vulnerable Christian clerics to go into hiding, Hayab told The Epoch Times. “The Baptist church is the worst-hit church in this state,” he said.
