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Boko Haram Burned 180 Nigerian Churches in Captured Towns

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Members of the Islamic group Boko Haramin in Nigeria. Photo: http://weaselzippers.us.

International Business Times – A prominent Nigerian reverend has revealed Islamist terror group Boko Haram destroyed over 180 churches in the West African country following its capture of towns and villages in the north-eastern states of Borno and Adamawa.

Reverend Gideon Obasogie, the director of Catholic Social Communication of Maiduguri Diocese in Borno State, said the group’s seizure of territory in both states has seen 185 churches torched and over 190,000 people displaced by their insurgency.

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