BOKO HARAM: Church loses 8,000 members in Boko Haram attacks

The Christian Association of Nigeria has revealed The Ekkilisiyan Yan'uwa A Nigeria, Church of the Brethren EYN has lost over 8,000 of its members to Boko Haram attacks and over half a million displaced: The Ekkilisiyan Yan'uwa A Nigeria, Church of the Brethren EYN has revealed that over 8, 00 members of the church have been murdered by Boko Haram. Speaking to newsmen at the church's premises in Jos, the Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria Youth wing North Central zone, Engr. Daniel Kadzair revealed that over 700,000 of the church members have been displaced and scattered in Jos, Benue, Kaduna and Abuja. He added that 270 branches of the church have been destroyed completely as 45 out of the 50 district councils DCC,have been affected. Daniel Kadzair condemned the government’s inability to stop the attacks saying it was obvious that the Federal Government lacks the political will to protect and defend the people of Northern Nigeria from the Boko Haram insurgency and attacks by Fulani militia. "Federal Government seems to be toying with the lives of the Christians in Northern Nigeria for political gains; while Boko Haram and the Fulani militias and their sponsors are killing innocent Nigerian citizens, the government seems not to care and has abdicated its responsibility to protecting lives," Daniel Kadzair said.