On August 24, Pastor Fulani killed two Christians in Benue, Nigeria, following the massacre of five other people earlier that month, sources said.
All seven Christians were killed in Guma County. This is the same area where 200 Christians were killed in the attacks from June 13th to 14th in Elwata Village.
At the predominantly Christian Tse Orkpe Village on August 24, “armed Fulani herdsmen” ambushed Christians on the farm, said area resident Tivta Samuel Andhemba.
“Mboi Tori, a displaced person at Yigyong-as-Village, one of the Christian victims, was shot dead by herdsmen,” Andhemba told Christian Daily International Morning Star News. “The second victim escaped with bullet wounds, but later died.”
The herdsmen chased and shot the farmers as if they were animals, he said.
“At this point, UKPIAM-UMENGER ROAD has been taken over and blocked by the armed Fulani theft, which dares to kill Christian villagers on the road,” Aondohemba said.
The attack came as the Intelligence Report showed the presence of Fulani camps in the border area with Nasarawa, said local resident Garshag Atobigba.
“Intelligence, which gathered intelligence on Thursday evening of August 25th, 25th, revealed that a considerable number of armed Faranian marauders have been spotted in Tanwamanja, a village in the Doka district of Doma LGA in Nasarawa province.” “The targets of their attacks are believed to be some Christian communities in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue province.”
Two Christian villagers were killed, a herdsmen who raided the predominantly Christian village of Wickpam in Guma County on August 13, said area resident Joseph Dugueri. He identified the murdered Christian as Francis Nomthor and Kelvin.
“This attack was also the second attack made against the community by herdsmen,” Dougeri said.
Another resident, Daniel Ikpem, said on August 11 that the herdsmen once again attacked Yelwata village and killed three Christians.
“This is the second attack of such an attack on Yelwata, as the previous attack on June 13th led to the deaths of over 200 Christians,” Ikpeme said.
Udeme Eddet, assistant superintendent of Benue State Police, said in a statement that three people were killed in Yerwata after officers had repelled attackers from the village and previously from Udey village.
“On November 8th, 2025, some gunmen suspected of being bandits herdsmen, who tried to break into the town of Uday in the Guma Local Government Area, after Uday joined the firefight, police tactical forces fought them out and fled the border forest. “In about 0,700 hours, the police tactical team deployed to Yelwata heard gunshots from an armed man heading towards the town of Yelwata.”
In response, he said a police tactical team and other security agents fired at the invaders and eventually escaped with a gunshot wound.
“Unfortunately, when Yelwata’s security unit chased bandits into the forest, it was discovered that they had previously attacked a person who had gone to a farm on the outskirts of the village. Three were seriously injured.” “They were taken to Venue State University Teaching Hospital, where they are currently undergoing treatment, and the other three have been confirmed to have died.”
Nigeria’s Secret Service, the State Department (DSS), has identified nine terrorists who attacked the bear community, saying two of them have been arrested.
DSS officials said that the prosecution under the Counter-Terrorism Act was made by Haruna Adam and Muhammad Abdullahi of the Akebono Regional Government Area in Nassarawa. The two suspects charged under Section 12 of the Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022 were involved in the attack on the villages of Abinsi and Elwata from June 13-14, officials said.
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, while some Fulani adhere to radical Islamist ideology, all party parliamentary groups (Appgs) in the UK for international freedom or beliefs.
“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 say they believe herdsmen’s attacks on the Christian community in the mid-zone of Nigeria are inspired by the desire to forcefully take over Islam as it forced Christian lands and made desertification difficult to maintain the flock.
According to Open Doors’ 2025 World Watch List, Nigeria has remained one of the most dangerous places for 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 farm communities, killing hundreds of Christians and, above all, hundreds of Christians. Jihadist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State (ISWAP) of West African states are also active in northern states in the country where federal control is poor and Christians and their communities continue to be targeted for attacks, sexual violence and the killing of disability. 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.
