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Intersociety: Terrorists kill, abduct 1,402 Christians in Nigeria within 96 days
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has reported that terrorists operating in Nigeria killed and abducted 1,402 Christians over 96 days, from New Year’s Day, January 1, 2026, to Easter Monday, April 6, 2026.
In its latest update on attacks, the group stated that 450 people were killed between January and April 6, 2026, while 600 were abducted during the same period.
Intersociety Chairman, Mr. Emeka Umeagbalasi, said in a statement that the massacre of Christians and persecution of churches—described as the Nigerian Christian Genocide—has continued to widen and escalate.
Umeagbalasi alleged an attempt to replace accounts of attacks and killings with “farmers-herders clashes brought about by climate change, in which Muslims were also killed.”
He stated that despite efforts to suppress the truth, the massacre of Christians and persecution of churches have become increasingly widespread—so much so that state denials have been dwarfed by growing evidence of gross bias and open protection of terrorists by Nigeria’s security chiefs, as well as recent admissions by government-affiliated Islamic groups.
According to Umeagbalasi, the reported figures include: 102 deaths recorded during Holy Week (March 28 to April 4, 2026); 34 deaths on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, alone; 20 Christian deaths between March 20 and March 27; and an additional “dark figure” of 16 deaths.
He clarified that 180 of the 350 Christian deaths arose from 1,800 abducted Christians (10% of total abductions) across Nigeria since January 2026, and were not included in Intersociety’s March 19, 2026 report. These jihadist captivity deaths resulted from physical torture, starvation, gunshot wounds, machete cuts, untreated injuries, and other inhuman treatment.
“In other words, out of every ten abducted Christians, one is not coming back alive; out of every 100 abducted, ten are not returning alive; and out of every 1,000 abducted, 100 will never come back,” he said.
Umeagbalasi detailed specific attacks: On Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, at least 34 Christians were hacked to death, including 17 in Benue and 15 in Kaduna. On March 28, no fewer than 13 Christians were killed and 24 injured in a Boko Haram roadside bombing along Pulka-Ngoshe Road in Southern Borno. On March 30, at least 21 Christians were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in the Kautikari Christian community, Chibok County, Southern Borno. On Palm Sunday, March 29, at least 40 Christians were slaughtered and several injured by Fulani and Boko Haram terrorists in Angwa Rubuka, Eto Baba, and nearby student residential areas near Jos, Plateau State—with U.S. Congressman Riley Moore putting the number at 53 Christian deaths.
Intersociety also expressed solidarity with 4,513 Christian internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Gwoza and other areas now in Edo State. The group said it was excited to interact with Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, Founder of the Home for the Needy Foundation and the International Christian Centre near Benin, Edo State.
Intersociety noted the Centre’s success stories despite years of government persecution and harassment using security and intelligence agencies, for being a Christian charity restoring hope to traumatized and persecuted Christians from Northern Nigeria.
The Home for the Needy Foundation currently houses 4,513 IDPs fleeing Islamic jihadist persecution from Southern Borno, Bauchi, Zamfara, Southern Kaduna, Kebbi, Taraba, Adamawa, Niger, Plateau, Benue, and other states.
Pastor Folorunsho founded the Centre in 1992 as a shelter for orphans, widows, and vulnerable children.
By late 2012, it began receiving large numbers of genocide victims fleeing Boko Haram insurgency, including a large intake of Gwoza Christian IDPs from Southern Borno.
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