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The Pero of Nigeria

The Pero of Nigeria, numbering approximately 58,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a farming people of the Gombe River Valley in northeastern Nigeria's Gombe State, whose ancestors migrated from the Adamawa region in the 1600s and are traditionally led by a ruler called the Talban Pero. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Pero is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Pero

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Pero (pip)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 58,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014080
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

73%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Pero
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Pero Speakers

Media Resources in Pero:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Pero:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Pero 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 Pero:
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 Pero of Nigeria

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
readActs 4:12

Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that everyone has access to God's Word and that those who hear the good news will turn from their sins and put their faith in Jesus the Messiah.

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
readDeuteronomy 6:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hide God's Word in their hearts, let it shape their conversations and daily lives, and pass on their faith to the next generation.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
readActs 1:8

Pray that God will raise up believers who are willing to cross cultures and boldly share the good news of Jesus with the lost in this people group and from every nation.

Pero Across Countries (ROP3 - 107986) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
PeroPG014080PeroNigeria58,500No Longer UnreachedPeroProtestantism

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