Nigeria: Muslims murder nine Christians in jihad raids
“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60)
Pastor, Nine other Christians Killed in Nigeria
Morning Star News, November 5, 2025:
…In neighboring Plateau state, “bandits and terrorist elements” on Monday (Nov. 3) killed one Christian, 28-year-old Joseph Dauda Mwanti, and wounded another, Joshua Mwanvwang, 33, in Wereng village, said Dalyop Solomon Mwantiri, a Christian attorney from the area.
“We are again in tears over acts of terrorism meted out on Wereng community of Riyom LGA at about 9 p.m. of 3rd November by bandits and terrorist elements operating from Fass settlement of Jol community,” Mwantiri said in a statement. “These incidents occurred even when they were preceded with early warning alert given to relevant authorities.”…
In predominantly Christian Kwi village a few miles from Wereng, “armed Fulani militias” on Friday and Saturday (Oct. 31-Nov. 1) killed eight Christians, said community leader Rwang Tengwon.
“Kwi community was attacked on Friday, Oct. 31, by armed Fulani militias,” Tengwon said. “Seven Christians were killed that Friday, while one other Christian was also killed on his farm on Saturday, Nov. 1.”
Numbering in the millions across Nigeria and the Sahel, predominantly Muslim Fulani comprise hundreds of clans of many different lineages who do not hold extremist views, but some Fulani do adhere to radical Islamist ideology, the United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom or Belief (APPG) noted in a 2020 report.
“They adopt a comparable strategy to Boko Haram and ISWAP and demonstrate a clear intent to target Christians and potent symbols of Christian identity,” the APPG report states….
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