Boko Haram: 300 Christians Were Held Hostage and Forced To Convert to Islam…
Meanwhile, it has been revealed that about 300 Christians held hostage by the Boko Haram leader were forced to denounce their faith and convert to Islam. Some of them narrated their harrowing experience to journalists after being released.
It was gathered that even after some were converted to Islam by their abductees, they were slaughtered.
One of the victims, Thomas Ali, who escaped said he was kidnapped by the sect and was forced to take a bath as a sign he had accepted Islam. He claimed his escape was miraculous.
One Emmanuel Ndah, who was also abducted said they were arrested by the sect on their way to visit a widow at her home. He said they were taken to the Mohammed Yusuf Camp. Their names gave them away as Christians right away.
They were thereafter asked if they were ready to denounce their faith. One Pastor George Orji encouraged them to stick to their Christian faith.
“It was his encouragement that kept us till the time we were released. The men outside killed so many of us Christians who were even forced into Islam. I could not say how I survived it but I made it by the Grace of God,” said Ndah. But Pastor Orji never came out alive, he stated.
Also giving his testimony, one Okechukwu Nwankwo said he was abducted with his wife and children and was forced to wash up and accept Islam, which he did under duress.
Luckily, he was asked to leave. He however witnessed the death of Orji who was executed because he refused to cave in.
