Terrorists Kill 10 Christians in Central Nigeria
Morning Star News, January 16, 2024:
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Jan. 7 killed 10 Christians in three villages in central Nigeria, sources said.
The assailants separated into three groups and attacked Mcia, Arufu and Chembe villages in Logo County, Benue state, simultaneously at about 8:30 p.m., residents said.
“The terrorists invaded as the villagers were sleeping in their houses,” Terlumun Unande told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News in a text message. “The attackers moved from house to house, shot and killed 10 Christians, while scores were injured. Many more were displaced from the three villages as they had to flee in order to escape.”
Two other residents corroborated the account, including Joseph Anawah, who said in a text message, “In latest onslaughts against Christians in three communities of Arufu, Mchia and Chembe of Benue state, Muslim Fulani terrorists have killed 10 Christians.”
The Rev. Jonathan Adagbe, Logo Local Government Council member, confirmed the attacks.
“Armed Fulani herdsmen in collaboration with Muslim terrorists attacked three of our communities, Mchia, Arufu, and Chembe, on Sunday, 7 January,” he said, while an area Roman Catholic priest, the Rev. Michael Mchia, responded to an inquiry with the same information.
“It’s disheartening that these attacks have been ongoing without abating,” Mchia said. “In similar attacks last year, 12 Christians were killed in attacks by terrorists and herdsmen against these Christian communities.”
Terlumun Uke, another Logo County resident, said that on Dec. 26, a Christian in his village of Tse Abur Norsua also was slain.
“The armed Fulani herdsmen on 26 December, as we were celebrating Christmas, killed a Christian member of the NKST [Universal Reformed Christian Church] church by the name of Abur Terkuma,” Uke said. “He was shot and killed at Tse Abur Norsua, a village in Logo Local Government.”
Benue state has suffered similar slaughters. Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Oct. 29 killed six Christians in the state, following the slaughter of 10 others earlier that month. On July 16, Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed six Christians in Ushongo County, Benue state, the latest of 37 Christians slain over the course of three weeks in the state.
Notice that neither the States nor the Country were reported as having responded to any of these events. They are certainly complicit in the Christian genocide that is going on in Nigeria.
Nigeria led the world in Christians killed for their faith in 2022, with 5,014, according to Open Doors’ 2023 World Watch List (WWL) report. It also led the world in Christians abducted (4,726), sexually assaulted or harassed, forcibly married or physically or mentally abused, and it had the most homes and businesses attacked for faith-based reasons. As in the previous year, Nigeria had the second most church attacks and internally displaced people….
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