Abraham Amuta Rejects Offer To Be Freed By Boko Haram, Dumps Christianity

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An ex-member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Abraham Amuta, yesterday allegedly turned down an offer by the Boko Haram insurgents to be freed and go home. Instead, the ex-corps member reportedly told those who went to the Sambisa forest to secure his release to go back home, saying he had renounced his Christian faith.

Amuta, a native of Benue State, who was doing his one-year mandatory service in Borno State, was abducted alongside a 58-year-old man, Moses Oyeleke of Living Faith Church in Maiduguri and few others, including a schoolgirl, Ndagiliya Ibrahim Umar, on April 10, 2019.

They were abducted along Gwoza road from Maiduguri on their way to Chibok to deliver humanitarian assistance.

Seven months after his abduction by the Boko Haram fighters loyal to Abubakar Shekau, Pastor Oyeleke was released in November 2019.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ex-corps-member-turns-down-offer-to-be-freed-by-b-haram.html

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NYSC confirms abduction of corps member in Borno (photo)






The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed the abduction of a male corps member, Abraham Amuta, by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno.
 
The NYSC cordinator in Borno State, Rabiu Aminu,  told newsmen at a press conference today Monday, May 6th, that the corps member was abducted along with a pastor of the Living Faith Church, simply identified as Oyeleke, in an attack coordinated by the insurgents against motorists on Maiduguri to Chibok road on April 10th. Aminu added that Amuta  with Registration Number: BO18b/067 was deployed to Borno State Council of Arts and Culture, located in Maiduguri.
 
He said the corps member travelled without taking permission from his Zonal Inspector.

“The church claimed that the corps member was abducted alongside his pastor. NYSC deploys corps members to only four of the 27 local government areas in the state. The councils are Jere, Bayo, Biu and Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC).
“For any corps member to travel, he has to apply through proper channel and this involves a formal request from his employer, through the zonal inspector and channel to the state coordinator, where we look at it, endorse or approve the request. It was unfortunate that the said corps member travelled on his own. We have been having sleepless night over the issue because he is under our custody.
“We visited the Church, and the Commissioner of Police called us on Friday over the incident and assured us of their total support to address the situation,” he said.

He prayed for the sake return of Amuta.