12/17/2020
Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Three people were killed in Makurdi, the capital of Nigeria’s Benue State, on December 16. The three individuals included a well-known lawyer, his wife, and a local man who was blind. The victims were identified as Moses Udam, Mrs Nkechi Udam and Nyikyor Mazugu. Another local named Amaa Atee told The Punch, “The gunmen who spoke English and Fulani languages stormed the community between 11pm and midnight.” He continued to the reporter that, “The first place they visited was the thatched house of the old blind man where they killed the elderly man. It was his children who were able to escape that raised the alarm.