One of the stars of Mo Abudu’s
Naija Diamonds Season 2 which held in 2012, Joshua Adah, was hacked to death in
Taraba State on January 23rd by Fulani Herdsmen.
According to reports, Joshua,
who is a father of two and had a ministry in Taraba where he provided medicine
and clothing for hundreds of poor people in his community, was returning to his
mission station in Bantaje, a village near Jalingo, from an evangelistic
outreach to some villagers when his vehicle broke down along the Wukari-Jalingo
road. He was then attacked by ethnic Fulani cattlemen., who had invaded
Christian communities a week before.
Pastor
Adah, a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, decided to live in Taraba after he
was posted there in 2002 upon finishing his university. He met his wife there
and also saw what children of the poor were going through in the community and
decided to stay behind and help improve their lives.
He left city life and
moved to a remote village with his family, where he built a school in a round
hut that provided free education to a student population that grew to more than
400 pupils. He also provided shelter, food and money to improvised families and
this is how they take his life.
He’s
survived by a wife and two young children. May his soul rest in peace, amen.
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