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The Jidda-Abu of Nigeria

The Jidda-Abu of Nigeria, numbering approximately 13,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous ethnolinguistic community of Nasarawa State in Nigeria’s Middle Belt associated with Bu-Ninkada, a Ninzic Plateau language whose Bu and Ninkada varieties are linked with Abu and Jidda communities. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Bu (Kaduna State) is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Jidda-Abu

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Bu (Kaduna State) (jid)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 13,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013877
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

40%
%
Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bu (Kaduna State)
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Bu (Niger-Congo) Speakers

Media Resources in Bu (Kaduna State):

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Bible Resources in Bu (Kaduna State):

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Jidda-Abu are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Jidda-Abu:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Jidda-Abu of Nigeria

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
readExodus 2:23-24

As the lost among them labor, groan, and cry out under false religions and sin, pray God will have mercy on them and hear their cries, that He will be their Rescuer from the kingdom of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of light.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
readPsalm 22:27

Pray that all families of the nations will worship the Lord in spirit and in truth.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
readEphesians 6:10

Ask God to strengthen believers with His mighty power so that as they cross cultures to share the gospel, they will stand firm against the schemes of the enemy.

Jidda-Abu Across Countries (ROP3 - 104265) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Jidda-AbuPG013877Jidda-AbuNigeria13,000No Longer UnreachedBu (Kaduna State)Neo-Pentecostalism

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