The more than 850 Christian hostages inside the camps in northern Nigeria were reportedly abducted between December 2024 and August 2025. In interviews with TruthNigeria, Maureen explained that she saw 11 camps, each of which held 50 hostages, and 10 smaller camps in which 30 hostages were held captive. “The shocking testimonies from the Rijana forests show that actual figures of those kidnapped or killed could even be higher,” Umeagbalasi told CWR. He explained that it is likely that there could even be more camps in several other forests that have not been discovered. The military’s ‘romance’ with jihadistsThe Nigerian criminologist and leading campaigner for the rights of Christians has frequently criticized the Nigerian military for complicity in the killing and abduction of Christians.