{"id":18329,"date":"2026-02-10T04:55:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T04:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=18329"},"modified":"2026-02-10T04:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T04:55:41","slug":"pastor-daughter-and-son-in-law-slain-in-plateau-state-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=18329","title":{"rendered":"Pastor, daughter and son-in-law slain in Plateau state, Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Rev. Bulus Madaki was killed in Plateau state, Nigeria along with his daughter and son-in-law.<\/span>\u00a0(Photo: Facebook)<\/span><\/p>\n

Fulani herdsmen last month killed a pastor, his daughter and her husband, leaving the couple\u2019s 3-month-old baby with a machete wound, in Plateau state, Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The Christian family was ambushed as they traveled on the Jos-Barkin Ladi highway to a village in Barkin Ladi County on Jan. 16, the Evangelical Missionary Society (EMS) of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Rev. Bulus Madaki, an EMS worker, his daughter and son-in-law were slain in the attack, while the granddaughter suffered a machete cut on the head and was left to die but survived.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Nigeria, the gospel is often preached at the cost of blood and tears, the blood and tears of missionaries who choose to follow Christ no matter the price,\u201d the EMS leaders stated.<\/p>\n

Pastor Madaki had served at Janta 2 Mission Station in Zagun District Church Council (DCC) and was recently transferred to Gwol DCC; he was killed along the Kassa-Nding Bridge in Barkin Ladi County, they said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was killed alongside his married daughter and son-in-law by killer Fulani herdsmen. They were on their way to his new mission station. They never arrived,\u201d the leaders stated. \u201cHis granddaughter, a 3-month-old baby girl, survived the attack with a severe head injury. She now lives as an orphan, having lost her father, her mother, and her grandfather in a single, violent moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The attack marks the harsh reality of missions in Nigeria, they stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cMissions in Nigeria is growing, but the danger that comes with it is both real, brutal and enduring,\u201d they stated.\u00a0\u201cIn spite of this attack, it is a sure evidence that we are winning and souls are being won to Christ through a tumultuous period.\u201d<\/p>\n

ECWA members told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News that persecution of Christians will continue to serve as a catalyst to the spread of the gospel.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pray to do more, persecution will never end and so also evangelism will never end,\u201d said ECWA member Cletus Ali. \u201cWe pray for them [terrorists] and believe they will one day receive salvation and become part of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ayoola Abejide, another ECWA member, asked God to give grace for gospel proclamation despite persecution and death.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay God intervene and also bring vengeance upon the enemies of the gospel and give us rest,\u201d Abejide said. \u201cNo retreat, no surrender. Nothing shall separate us from the love of Christ. May God comfort the church and the entire family.\u201d<\/p>\n

ECWA member Lydia Mark said God speaks in all situations.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is speaking even right now concerning this present situation,\u201d Mark said. \u201cMay God grant us the needed grace to believe even when we don’t loudly hear Him as He speaks in Jesus\u2019 name. Divine comfort we pray.\u201d<\/p>\n

More Christians were killed in Nigeria than in any other country from Oct. 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 2025, according to Open Doors\u2019 2026 World Watch List. Of the 4,849 Christians killed worldwide for their faith during that period, 3,490 \u2013 72 percent \u2013 were Nigerians, an increase from 3,100 the prior year. Nigeria ranked No. 7 on the WWL list of the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian.<\/p>\n

Numbering in the millions across Nigeria and the Sahel, predominantly Muslim Fulani comprise hundreds of clans of many different lineages who do not hold extremist views, but some Fulani do adhere to radical Islamist ideology, the United Kingdom\u2019s All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom or Belief (APPG) noted in a 2020\u00a0report.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey adopt a comparable strategy to Boko Haram and ISWAP and demonstrate a clear intent to target Christians and potent symbols of Christian identity,\u201d the APPG report states.<\/p>\n

Christian leaders in Nigeria have said they believe herdsmen attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria\u2019s Middle Belt are inspired by their desire to forcefully take over Christians\u2019 lands and impose Islam as desertification has made it difficult for them to sustain their herds.<\/p>\n

In the country\u2019s North-Central zone, where Christians are more common than they are in the North-East and North-West, Islamic extremist Fulani militia attack farming communities, killing many hundreds, Christians above all, according to the report. Jihadist groups such as Boko Haram and the splinter group Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), among others, are also active in the country\u2019s northern states, where federal government control is scant and Christians and their communities continue to be the targets of raids, sexual violence, and roadblock killings, according to the report. Abductions for ransom have increased considerably in recent years.<\/p>\n

The violence has spread to southern states, and a new jihadist terror group, Lakurawa, has emerged in the northwest, armed with advanced weaponry and a radical Islamist agenda, the WWL noted. Lakurawa is affiliated with the expansionist Al-Qaeda insurgency Jama\u2019a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin, or JNIM, originating in Mali.<\/p>\n

Nigeria ranked seventh on the 2026 WWL list of the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Christian Daily International-Morning Star News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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