Nigeria: Suspected Fulani bandits kidnap 3 in monastery attack

Two postulants and a Benedictine novice were abducted during an attack on their monastery.

Suspected Fulani bandits attacked a Benedictine monastery in northern Nigeria  Tuesday, abducting three people from the monastery.

The attack came at about 1:00 am, according to officials in the Diocese of Ilorin, where the monastery is located.

Benedictine monks, sisters, and local clergy gather at Eruku Monastery in 2021. Credit: Eruku Monastery/Facebook.

“I received a shocking text message from one of our brother monks from Benedictine monastery in Eruku, that the…