The largest indigenous Christian denomination in the Northeast, Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, known in Hausa as Ekklesiyya Yan’uwa a Nigeria , has declared it lost over 8,370 members to Boko Haram attacks around Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.
President of the EYN, Rev Joel Billi, told reporters on Thursday the EYN is the worst- hit Christian denomination.He said that apart from more than 8,370 members and eight pastors of the EYN killed by Boko Haram, “over 700,000 members were displaced. He requested President Muhammadu Buhari and Governors of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe to ensure the rescue of the remaining Chibok girls as well as Leah Sheribu, Alice Loksha and hundreds of other people abducted by Boko Haram.
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