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Boko Haram Gunmen Kill Christian Leader in Borno State, Nigeria

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Topic: Boko Haram Gunmen Kill Christian Leader in Borno State, Nigeria
Posted By: News Room
Subject: Boko Haram Gunmen Kill Christian Leader in Borno State, Nigeria
Date Posted: 05/17/2013 at 5:42am

Boko Haram Gunmen Kill Christian Leader in Borno State, Nigeria
Pastor had refused to leave, saying God had called him to his people

By Dan Wooding, who was born in Nigeria
Founder of ASSIST Ministries

http://www.assistnews.net/google_map.asp?place=JOS, NIGERIA - JOS, NIGERIA (ANS) -- Gunmen believed to be members of the deadly Islamic extremist Boko Haram group yesterday (Tuesday, May 14, 2013) killed the Rev. Faye Pama Musa, secretary of the Borno state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). He was 47.

The Rev. Faye Pama Musa, slain at his home by suspected Islamic extremists on Tuesday (May 14)
(Photo courtesy of CAN)

According to the Nigeria correspondent of Morning Star News ( http://morningstarnews.org/ - http://morningstarnews.org ), the gunmen reportedly followed the long-time Christian leader from his church building, where he was holding an evening Bible study, to his house in the Government Reservation Area in Maiduguri, and shot him dead there, said the Rev. Titus Dama Pona, chairman of CAN's Borno chapter.

“Rev. Faye Pama was killed last light,” Pona said this morning by phone from Maiduguri, the state capital. “I am right now with his family, and they are still consulting on what next to do.”

Morning Star News went on to say that the assailants reportedly dragged the pastor from his home and shot him outside, in front of this daughter, who had followed them out pleading for his life. Pama was the father of three children.

Senior pastor of a Pentecostal church, Rhema Assembly, Pama often spoke out against persecution of Christians in Borno state, epicenter of Boko Haram attacks in northeastern Nigeria. He had been involved in ministry leadership for more than 26 years.

Boko Haram continues its suspected killing
spree in Nigeria

“The shooting happened within an hour of President Goodluck Jonathan declaring a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, allowing the government to send more troops and take other special measures to try curbing violence by Boko Haram,” said the Morning Star Nigeria correspondent.

“The group has reportedly killed more than 4,000 persons since 2009, and the state of emergency comes after a gun battle between the military and Boko Haram in Baga, Borno state last month that some say took more than 100 civilian lives.

In a 2007 interview, Pama had said that he would not leave Borno state in spite of the danger to his ministry and life from Islamic extremists.

“I am an indigene of Borno state, and God has called me to work among my people,” he said. “I believe that the best people who reach a people with the gospel are those who understand the culture of these people.”

Pama believed that only by showing love to Muslims could they be won to Christ, “and not through fighting.”

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan speaks to the media during a visit to This Day newspaper in Abuja April 28
(Photo: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)

An outspoken critic of the marginalization of and discrimination against Christians, Pama began preaching first with a Pentecostal ministry in Maiduguri, the Word of God Mission, in 1996, before he left to start Agape Ministries and planted Rhema Assembly, which has an associate pastor and about 200 members.

He once served as secretary of Borno state’s chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria.

“President Jonathan had also imposed a state of emergency in 2011 on 15 areas within four states in embattled northern Nigeria, with little success. Boko Haram, which the Borno governor says threatens to take control of the state, seeks to destabilize the federal government in an effort to impose strict sharia (Islamic law) throughout Nigeria,” said the Morning Star News correspondent.

“Boko Haram has attacked Christians particularly in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, destroying Christian-owned businesses as well as harming churches. Many Christians have fled as displaced persons or become refugees in Cameroon.”

Suspected members of the Islamic extremist group also attacked a police barracks on the outskirts of Bama Town, Borno state early on Sunday (May 12), according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide ( http://www.csw.org/ - www.csw.org ).

CSW reported that insurgents arrived shouting “Allahu Akbar [God is greater]” before launching explosives and fuel bombs, and the army dispersed them before lives were lost. The previous week, according to CSW, some 200 Islamic militants attacked Bama Town, killing 47 people.

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Posted By: News Room
Date Posted: 05/17/2013 at 5:43am

Boko Haram kills Borno CAN Secretary

Posted: 16 May, 2013

Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Borno State: Rev. Faye Pama Musa was assassinated by the Boko Haram. (Image courtesy Open Doors)

Nigeria (MNN) ¯ Nigeria's downward spiral continues as the Boko Haram kills an influential Christian leader.

"Reverend Faye Pama Musa was killed on Tuesday. He's Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Borno state," says http://www.mnnonline.org/groups/odm - Open Doors USA spokesman Jerry Dykstra.

That same day, President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno state and two others. According to reports, Boko Haram violence has claimed over 250 lives in the past month alone.

According to Dystra, Musa's assassination is a bad sign coming from the Boko Haram.

"In the past they've targeted Christian churches, but now they're targeting individual pastors," Dykstra explains. "It's…something that's really troublesome, and certainly Christians in the West need to keep on praying."

An Open Doors report says Musa, who was also the presiding pastor of REME Assembly, Maiduguri, was trailed to his house Tuesday evening by two gunmen.

"He attempted to run away, but his assailants closed in on him. They [gunmen] shot him at close range," a source said.

Ask the Lord to comfort Reverend Musa's family. Open Doors' Nigeria team leader knew Musa personally and says the victim was a friend of their ministry.

"I remember a time I asked him a question, whether he would consider leaving Maiduguri if it became necessary for his safety, and he said to me, 'Where am I going to run to? I will stay here and die,'" the Open Doors leader shared.

Before declaring a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states, Nigeria's president spoke words of reassurance.

"While the efforts at persuasion and dialogue will continue, let me reiterate that we have a sacred duty to ensure the security and well-being of all our people," President Goodluck Jonathan stated on Tuesday.

"Therefore, we shall on no account shy away from doing whatever becomes necessary to provide the fullest possible security for the citizens of this country in any part of the country they choose to reside."

Some aren't buying it, Dykstra says.

"President Goodluck Jonathan has said they will go after them and said they're terrorists and they'll really get after them. But the problem is that he's said that before," Dykstra explains.

"There are a lot of conflicting thoughts about his sincerity."

Pray that peace would come to Nigeria. Pray also for Nigeria's president.

"He is a Christian, and we need to pray that he'll have wisdom. As things just seem like they're snowballing and snowballing, he really needs our prayer."

Over the next two months, Open Doors team members will be traveling to some of the most difficult areas of Northern Nigeria: Yobe, Gombe, Kano, Taraba, Bauchi, and Plateau. They'll be bringing emergency relief to Christians affected by Boko Haram activity.

Relief aid will consist of:

- Assistance to 35 Yobe pastors with monthly allowance for 6 months

- Assistance to 4 Wukari pastors in the form of food and clothing, rent, replacement of destroyed study materials, and school fees for children

- Assistance in the form of food and clothing, rent assistance, and school fee support to 74 widows in Bauchi (5), Gombe (6), Bokkos (6), Dajal (5), Wase (21), Kano (31)

- Medical Assistance to two men affected by random Boko Haram attacks

- Financial assistance to 8 families of slain factory workers and one additional person in Kano

- Helping 30 families to rebuild their homes

- Helping 20 Kano bomb blast victims to cover medical bills

- Support to 6 Bauchi and Kano churches to rebuild after they were destroyed in violence

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