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Rev. Keoleh Saleh, the President of the Baptist Conference in Plateau, said that 50 members of the church, including a pastor, were killed in recent attacks in Mangu and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.<\/div>\n
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\nSaleh disclosed this to Pointblanknews.com on Sunday in Jos, adding that over 500 of its members were also displaced.<\/p>\n

\u201dThis unfortunate carnage affected the Baptist Church seriously; In Kantoma where we have a big church, we lost over 31 members, including a Moderator.<\/p>\n

\u201dTwenty three women were made widows on account of the attack. We lost nine members in Jwak Maitumbi, and a member in Kombili.<\/p>\n

\u201dMost of our members displaced in over 10 local churches are taking refuge in different places.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe have located four centres in Jos metropolis where a family is hosting between 10 to 20 people, and we have over 200 displaced persons in Jos.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe have 50 in Barkin Ladi, over 200 in Salama Baptist Church in Mangu and 78 others that included 44 little children at Bwarak, Pankshin,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Saleh explained that in the last one week, the church spent over N3 million to cater for the needs of its displaced members taking refuge in its various local churches.<\/p>\n

\u201dWithin one week, we have spent about N2m to get relief materials, but this is not enough, and our Baptist partners assisted us with N1m to make it N3m. But it is still not enough. We provided foodstuffs, clothing, shoes, mats, blankets and other items,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rev. Israel Akanji, the National President of the Nigeria Baptist Convention, who visited the displaced members, offered prayers and financial assistance to the victims of the attacks.<\/p>\n

He called on government and security agencies to intensify efforts toward bringing succour to the victims and finding lasting solution to the spate of killings in the state and nation at large.<\/p>\n

\u201dThis is a farming season, and the government should think of returning these people to go to their farms.<\/p>\n

\u201dWhatever we are doing now will not be forever, government should wake up to its responsibility and ensure a safe place for these people to return to their farms,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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