July 25, 2016
Pastor loses hand in savage sword attack
Pastor Hamza lost his hand in a sword attack – two days after another
pastor was killed in the same Nigerian state.
Please pray for our brother: he is a farmer as well as a Baptist leader
and will now find it harder to work his land.
A Fulani herdsman attacked Pastor Hamza
Alkali (pictured), who’s 66, while he was working on his farm in Sabon Gida
village in Nasarawa state. When the
first sword blow cut his hand, Hamza realised he had to fight for his
life.
Despite being badly injured, he managed to pin down his attacker and
snatch the sword from him. The man then fled. Neighbours took Hamza to the local
medical centre where doctors had to amputate his hand and
wrist.
Hamza’s faith remains strong. ‘God was with me, because I told the Fulani
man that God who created me in His image will not give him power to kill me,’ he
says.
The attack came just two days after men with machetes killedPastor
Zakariya Joseph Kurah at his farm near Lafia, about 75 miles
away.
- Praise God for the strong faith and powerful testimony of Pastor Hamza. Pray that God will protect, strengthen and provide for him and his family.
- Thank God that many Muslims in the village, including the chief imam, have visited Pastor Hamza in hospital: pray his relationship with them will remain strong.
- Ask our God, who binds up the broken-hearted (Isaiah 61:1), to comfort Pastor Zakariya’s family.
- Pray that the federal Government will do more to stop attacks on Christians by Fulani herdsmen. Release Int.
