Church of the Brethren Newsline
\nFebruary\u00a03,\u00a02017<\/b><\/p>\n
By Zakariya Musa<\/p>\n
Following the recent attacks on Bdagu village, Lassa is hosting another hundreds of refugees fleeing the village. Bdagu was attacked last week. Six men and four women were taken away by the Boko Haram, and four people were killed including one old woman burnt in her house.<\/p>\n
In other news from Ekklesiyar Yan\u2019uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria), 15 delegates attended the 62nd TEKAN Assembly if Tarayyar Ekklisiyar Kristi a Nijeria, held in Jos, Plateau State, in mid-January. This was the first TEKAN general assembly at which Joel S. Billi attended as EYN president. EYN is one of the founding churches of TEKAN.<\/p>\n
Bdagu suffers repeated attacks<\/strong><\/p>\n Bdagu, in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, not far from Sambisa Forest, has been attacked several times. Many people were killed in the Christian populated village.<\/p>\n According to the secretary of the church district, Dauda Ijigil, their situation is \u201cvery bad. Some find shelter in ruins, others with relatives, while the larger numbers [shelter] at one Vocational Training Centre, Lassa.\u201d<\/p>\n Lassa community had hosted thousands of displaced people before the town was obliterated in the violence, with houses, public buildings, churches, and Bible schools razed.<\/p>\n —\u00a0Zakariya Musa is staff for communications for Ekklesiyar Yan\u2019uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria). For information about the Nigeria Crisis Response that is a joint effort of EYN and the Church of the Brethren, go to\u00a0www.brethren.org\/nigeriacrisis<\/a>\u00a0.<\/em><\/p>\n