Fulani herdsmen killed Christians and lured four other people on February 1st in Plateau Province, Nigeria.
Regional resident Matthew Taegar said that at around 9pm on February 1, Rev. Fulani attacked Shendai village in Nam district of Quangpan County.
“The four victims who were lured were taken away by prisoners at gunpoint,” Teger told Christian Daily International Morning Star News, where other residents, local council officials and military spokesmen added an account. It backs up.
In a five-day attack in Mangu County starting January 27, Fulani herdsmen have killed more than 10 Christians in the villages of Litleburn, Chis and Jewackom, local residents said.
“Dear God, come and help us. We need you in Mangu, Plateau. Nambum Dennan is a text message to Christian Daily International Morning Star News, and Nambum Dennan is a text message to He said: “The attack began on Monday, January 27th and continued until Friday, January 31st.”
Caleb Joseph of Lightlubang said on January 31 that “Frani Bandits” killed three members of the family there.
“My husband, wife and children were attacked while they were asleep,” Joseph said. “So the other two Christians, the couple, were killed just like the other victims.”
Lightitlubang resident Moses Bantat confirmed the January 31 attack.
“The terrorists who know we are Fulani herdsmen have invaded the village of Lighitlubang and killed five Christians – along with him, his wife, children and another Christian couple To,” Bankat said. “The victims were massacred by terrorists.”
On the same day, in Chis village, the herdsmen killed the entire family, their husband, their wife and three children, Joseph said.
Banbat said the herdsmen on January 28th attacked the village of Juwackom, where other Christians were killed.
Alfred Arabo, a spokesman for Plateau State Police Command, said officers and military personnel had been deployed to the village and the investigation began.
In Kaduna, a neighboring state of Rail County, the funeral of Pastor Vitulus Saleha African was held at the Evangelical Church, which won the All-Far in Falfar on February 8th. 5, when three other Christians were also murdered, Mataramadaki, Ilyakasada and Ishayarka.
The African Pastor served as the ECWA for Majagada village.
The Akurmi Development Association (Akurda) denounced the killing on February 5th and the temptation of 12 other Christians in the attack in which three other people were injured.
“Akurda strongly condemns the wild act of killing, injuring and acquiring innocent people in the Majagada community,” said Maigamo Yakubu, national president of the association and spokesman Pius Kauta. Agazi said in a joint statement. “The attack, which began around midnight and extended early in the morning, lost four people.”
He was 35 years old and was invited to the attack. Happy Awaje, 14; Rachel Istiphanus, 21; Agnes Yusuf, 23; Nchiye Haukuri, 26; Haukuri of God, 14; Habila Diguga, 34; Martha Ibrahim, 27; Comfortable Yusuf, 29; Nahm • Tanko, 40; Zakka Tanko, 30; James Tanko, 27.
Akuda identified the injured as Bawa Samaira, Thomas Bawa and Peter Maithara.
They urged Nigerian authorities to act decisively to save the tempted Christians and ensure that terrorist attacks would cease.
“We urge security agencies and those in power to quickly intervene and ensure the safe release of adducted individuals. We also call for an increase in security measures to prevent future attacks. “They said.
Nigeria has remained one of the most dangerous places on the planet for Christians, according to the 2025 World Watchlist of the countries where it is the hardest to be Christians. According to WWL, of the 4,476 Christians killed for faith around the world during the reporting period, 3,100 (69%) were in Nigeria.
“The scale of anti-Christian violence in this country is already at the highest possible level under the global watch list methodology,” the report states.
In the north-central zone of the country, where Christians are more common than they are in the northeast and northwest, Islamic extremist Fulani militias attack farming communities, killing hundreds of Christians and more than anything, hundreds of Christians . Jihadist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State (ISWAP), a disparate group in West Africa, are also active in northern states in the country where federal government controls are poor and Christians and their communities continue to be targeted for attacks. . Sexual violence and the murder of disabilities, according to the report. Ransom aid has been increasing significantly in recent years.
The violence spreads across southern states, with new jihadist terrorist group Lakrawa appearing in the northwest, armed with sophisticated weapons and an extremist agenda, WWL noted. Lakrawa is affiliated with the expansionist al-Qaeda rebellion Jamaa Nusrat ul Islam Wa al-Muslimin, or Zinim, which is derived from Mali.
Nigeria ranked 7th in the 2025 WWL list of 50 worst countries for Christians.
With millions of figures in Nigeria and Sahel, Fulani, primarily Muslim, constitute hundreds of clans of many different lines that do not hold the views of extremists, but some Fulani are Extreme Islamist ideology, sticks to all British parties for international freedom. Convictions (APPG) as outlined in the 2020 report.
“They are clearly intent to adopt a comparable strategy for Boko Haram and Iswap and target strong symbols of Christian and Christian identity,” the AppG report said.
Nigerian Christian leaders forced Islam as herdsmen’s attacks on the Christian community in the middle zone of Nigeria forced Christian lands to take over Christian lands and made it difficult for desertification to maintain herds. He says he believes he is inspired by his desire to take over.
