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Nigerian Youth Hold Vigil for Student Killed by IS Affiliate

Ifiok Ettang

   JOS, NIGERIA - Nigerian youth have held a vigil for a student killed
   last month by the Islamic State's West Africa Province, a breakaway
   Boko Haram group. The militants released a video showing the gruesome
   execution of 22-year-old Ropvil Daciya, who the group abducted on
   January 9 on his way from his hometown of Jos to Maiduguri.

   Thousands of young Nigerians, dressed in black, took to the streets of
   the city of Jos, in northcentral Nigeria, on January 30 to mourn the
   death of Ropvil Daciya.

   The 22-year-old student was abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists
   three weeks earlier.

   His uncle, David Daciya, confirmed an execution video released by the
   Islamic State News Agency was of the young man being killed.

   "We the family regret the death of this our son, because his life span
   has been cut short," he said.

   Ropvil Daciya's older brother, Makplang Daciya, said family members are
   still coming to terms with the loss.

   "He was a God-fearing person, very generous and a hard-working person,"
   said Daciva.

   Ropvil Daciya's death is the latest in a string of executions by the
   Boko Haram faction known as the Islamic State's West Africa Province
   (ISWAP).

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