Some Fulani groups attack Christian communities in Nigeria.
Some Fulani groups attack Christian communities in Nigeria.
Jun. 05, 2025 | Nigeria

Young Fulani Christian Smuggled from Captivity

[152] prayers in [16] nations have been posted for Aliyu.

Aliyu Abubakar, 23, is a new Christian who has already suffered and escaped from persecution. He is a member of the Fulani, a nomadic people group across west and central Africa. Some Fulani groups are militant Muslims who attack Christian communities, and when Aliyu accepted Christ, he was locked in a room for days with little food to separate him from the friend who had brought him to Christ. He escaped by being smuggled from his village. Aliyu said he likes Psalm 23 because it encourages him to continue with his walk with God, knowing that God is his shepherd. He requests prayer for his family to come to know Christ and to receive him as their Lord and savior. He also asks for prayer that he will stay firm in his faith and live in peace with others.

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  • Dear Lord,
    Thank you for my brother's firm and strong faith. May his family know you as the God who loved them, their Lord and Savior.
    In Jesus' name amen.
    Paola M - USA
  • LORD, thank you for Aliyu's salvation in you and for opening his eyes to the truth of Jesus. I pray his family will also come to believe in you so they may experience walking with our GOD. I pray Hebrews 12:14 over Aliyu to "work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord."
    Mary C - USA
  • Thank you, Lord, that Aliyu was able to escape. May the eyes of his family be opened to hearing and receiving the Gospel. Through the Holy Spirit may his faith abound and grow day by day and fill him with the peace of God in his heart through any circumstances. Amen.
    Brian S - Canada
  • We give you thanks O God for allowing Aliyu to be rescued from hearts and hands desiring to harm him. In your great might and power I pray you touch the hearts and minds of his family to love of Jesus. May they witness your joy in Aliyu for Jesus. Convert them to trust Jesus. Bring Glory to yourself through this hard. In Jesus name Amen Pat US
    Patricia S - USA
  • Thank you, father God for rescuing Aliyu from captivity. And that his faith has not wavered due to persecution. I pray his family sees the love and salvation of Jesus in him and turn to Jesus for eternal salvation that starts here and now in our hearts. Protect his family. Bless them with wisdom. let those who persecute see Jesus. Amen.
    Bob G - USA
  • Dear Heavenly Father I amen these previous prayers. I rejoice & I praise You that You are reaching the Fulani people as we have prayed! Their darkness is not too dark that You cannot save! Man in White; reveal Yourself to his family in miraculous dreams, that they would be washed in Your blood. May Aliyu stand firm in You. In Jesus' Gracious Name amen.
    Johnathan K - USA
  • Our Father, thank you for protecting our brother Aliyu. Give him the power to stand firm in faith and live in peace with others. Please bring his family to the saving grace of Christ Jesus. Give him the grace and strength for each day. Bless him and make him a blessing to others. In Jesus name, Amen!
    Vicki A - USA
  • Heavenly Father, Thankyou for shaping the lives of those you choose. I know that despite hardship, Aliyu will be a blessing to his family and lead them to know you. "That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 COR 12:9
    Daryl B - USA
  • Yes, Lord, yes. Strengthen Aliyu that he will stand firm in his faith. May all the members of his family come to believe in you and to surrender their lives to you. May everyone in his family call you their Lord and Savior.
    Debra K - USA
  • Father in heaven, it is Your kindness that leads us to repentance. Show Your kindness to Aliyu's family and lead them to repentance. Keep Your word ever before Aliyu as the anchor for his soul. Give him strength and courage and peace and lead him in the way everlasting. Bless Aliyu.
    Terri S - USA
  • O Lord, thank you for being Aliyu's Shepherd, providing for his wants. Please lead him in Paths of righteousness, restore his soul.May he fear no evil knowing that you are with him. Prepare a table before him in the presence of his enemies. may goodness & mercy follow him all the days of his life. Mercifully bring his family to saving faith in Christ.
    Julie C - USA
  • Almighty God, I rejoice in the faith of this brother who has been rescued from spiritual darkness and physical captivity. I pray You would protect him physically as he grows in faith, wisdom & discernment. I pray he would remain faithful despite the hardships & risk. I pray other Fulani would likewise come to repentance & salvation through Jesus Christ
    Curtis M - USA
  • Thank you Father for Aliyus witness. I pray for strength, wisdom and discernment for him. Hear the prayers for his family and those around. Your light within to break the bandages and set the captives free. Strengthen Him oh Lord, in the mighty Name.
    Kim S - South Africa
  • Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for the witness of this courageous brother, Aliyu. I pray Lord for his family, that they too will make you Lord and Saviour of their lives. I pray Lord that Aliyu will remain steadfast in his faith in You and will become a mighty warrior for Jesus. Amen.
    Delicia W - New Zealand
  • Help our brother, Aliyu in his time of trials and persecution. Help him to be faithful, brave and strong. June
    Debbie V - USA
  • Praise God for Alihu. Thanks you God Almighty because you have chosen him to be your child. Thanks You for your Grace and Power Lord. Please cover Alihu with Your precious Blood. Protect him, heal his broken Heart. Make him AN evangelisti for all the Fulani he Will Meet in the name of Jesus. Amen
    Christiane C - Italy
  • Lord God in Heaven, please bless Aliyu and help him to remain faithful to Jesus Christ despite the persecution he faces from the Fulani community and his family. Lead his family and persecutors to Yourself that more of them will come to faith in Jesus. Thank You for the good work You have done in Aliyu's life. Amen
    Bill P - USA
  • Lord thank you for saving Aliyu. We trust you are working every detail out, and ask you to protect him and bless him. Comfort him from this dark trial. Please open the eyes of his family and loved ones, that they may come to know you. Surround him with peace "" within and without. Bless my brother.
    Kristin B - USA
  • Heavenly Father, thank you for your great love for Aliyu. Continue to grow him in faith and truth. May he learn to trust Jesus fully and rely on the Spirit to live through him. Draw his family to Jesus. May he find close fellowship with other believers. Protect him from evil. Thank you for how you will continue to work mightily in his life. Amen.
    Vicki Y - USA
  • ABBA FATHER, please protect Aliyu from harm and use him mightily as YOUR prophet and evangelist to witness to his fellow Fulani tribesmen! I pray that all of them will be radically saved and transformed by JESUS CHRIST through HIS agape love that HE showed them on the cross when HE shed HIS blood for them at Calvary! In JESUS loving Name I pray! Amen!
    Michael V - USA
  • Help our brother Aliyu as he navigates this new but difficult life. He needs fellowship and much direct intervention from You. Honor his request that his family members come to know You. Give him strength and good courage to live out this blessed life You've given him.
    Pam M - USA
  • Jesus Our Lord, I praise You for saving Aliyu. Please be his Shepherd and carry him forever. Please increase his faith and bring his family to faith in You. Please help him to endure his hardships as a good soldier of Christ and to look forward to his reward.
    Susan B - USA
  • Father God, we life up Aliyu and all believers in his community. Give them strength and perseverance to continue their worshp and ministry. Keep him safe and let his words of ministry spread the gospel to others. Soften the hearts of his family so that they may come to know you as Lord and Savior. Bless them all with wisdom and clarity. In Jesus name.
    Jonathan G - USA
  • I lift this young man to you Lord. You see him and you know him. You knew him before he was even born. You see him in his suffering. Lord right now I pray comfort and peace to surround him. Help him know that his brothers and sisters across the world are praying for him and lifting him up. Help him see you through the pain and suffering. In Jesus name.
    Melissa N - USA
  • My good and gracious God, I pray you provide for & protect Aliyu & all my Fulani brothers & sisters who struggle as they become Christ followers. I pray that your strength & light shines through them & encourages others to seek Jesus as their Savior & Shepard. I ask this in Jesus's name, Amen.
    Janice H - USA
  • Father please protect Aliyu from those who would want to force him to recant or give up his faith. Help him to mature in his faith as he faces opposition. Surround him with support and encouragement from other followers. Fill his heart with Your love. Give him understanding of trust in You. May nothing snatch him from Your hand.
    Teresa S - USA
  • Heavenly Father, please continue to give Aliyu the guidance he needs to stay firm in his faith so he may live in peace. And also for his family to know your Son, Jesus, as their Lord and Savior. Give them strength to know that the way to You is only thru your Son. Amen.
    Brenda A - USA
  • Heavenly Father,
    I thank you for Aliyu's faith, and pray that you would continue to strengthen him. Remind him of your presence and help him to walk faithfully with you through persecution. Soften the hearts of his family, both to him and to you, that they may know your love in this life and the next.
    In Your Name,
    Amen
    Sophia H - USA
  • Father God,
    Bless and protect Aliyu. Use him, and his friend to reach these hardened Muslims for you Lord. You've not forgotten about them. Allow them to see a bountiful harvest of souls.
    greg s - USA
  • Father, I praise you for your work in Aliyu's life! I ask for continued blessings and grace on Aliyu and his friend who taught him about Jesus. Empower them to stand firm in their faith and to live at peace with others. Provide for and protect them. Bring Aliyu's family to a true knowledge of you and salvation in Christ. In Jesus' name, Amen!
    Linda T - USA
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