Baptist World Alliance, BWA News Release

Nigerian youth leader dies

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The All Africa Baptist Youth Fellowship marked three days of mourning June 5-7 after the death of Francis Iliya Bakut, the national president of the Nigeria Baptist Convention Youth Conference.

Bakut died June 4 after bringing fraternal greetings at the opening of the 2018 youth week anniversary at First Baptist Church in Garki Abuja.

AABYF, in its weekly prayer guide, called for the day of mourning with the “highest level of sorrow, sadness and unstoppable streams of tears.”