The Epoch Times KADUNA, Nigeria—Authorities have yet to identify suspects or make arrests after a complete congregation of Baptists worshipers was kidnapped 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 Sunday from Emmanuel Baptist Church, in Kakau Daji in southern Kaduna, according to Reverend Joseph Hayab, a Baptist cleric. The attack has forced vulnerable Christian clerics to go into hiding, said Hayab, president of the Kaduna chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to The Epoch Times. “The Baptist church is the worst hit church in this state,” he said.
In another recent instance of the Baptist Church being targeted, on July 4, 121 students from the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna State were kidnapped, bringing the total of students kidnapped this year to more than 1,000…
