ICC Note 

The hereabouts of a mother of five who was kidnapped by Fulani herdsmen after they killed her husband is still unknown.  The couple were farmers in Kaduna state, which has suffered many attacks by Islamic Fulani herdsmen,  killing hundreds in the last two years.  We pray for the safe return of Grace Alheri Dauda. 

11/10/2016  Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Sunday Maidawa, a Christian in this town in southern Kaduna state, feels the loss of his brother and sister-in-law daily in the four children left to him.

Muslim Fulani herdsmen two years ago killed his brother, 34-year-old Dauda Maidawa, and kidnapped the slain Christian’s wife. Their children, ages 5 to 16, still hope to see their mother one day.

“It has been very tough for me taking care of these children in addition to mine, but I thank God for His sustainable grace,” the 46-year-old Maidawa said. “Our concern at the moment is the fate of their mother, Grace; is she still alive, or killed and buried by the herdsmen? We do not know.”

The captors have not made contact with the family since the kidnapping, Maidawa said.

“However, we have not lost hope about her, as we believe that if she’s still alive, one day God through his mercies can make it possible for her rescue,” he said.

Grace Alheri Dauda was 30 years old when a group of Fulani herdsmen kidnapped her from the farm where she and her husband were working the morning of June 21, 2014, said Maidawa, a member of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ (ERCC) Angwan Mallam Chung, in the Sanga Local Government Area