The church in Nigeria, ravaged by kidnappings of clergy, mourns Father Mathew Eya, killed Sept. 19 as he was returning to his parish of St. Charles in Eha-Ndiagu, in Enugu state. Statistics from Nigeria's bishops' conference indicate that 145 priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria over the past 10 years. The latest Intersociety report revealed that an average of 32 Christians are killed in Nigeria every day. The report published in August indicates that as many as 7,000 Christians were massacred across Nigeria in the first 220 days of 2025. "If the trend continues, Christianity could be wiped out from Nigeria by 2075," Umeagbalasi told OSV News.