Fresh Attacks Claim More Christian Lives in Plateau State

Faith Facts

• Fulani herdsmen killed at least 15 more Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, from September 21 through 25.
• The victims were slain in the same county where a church pastor and others were murdered on September 20.
• Local sources confirm the attacks targeted believers specifically because of their Christian faith.

Nigerian Christians are once again mourning after fresh assaults by Fulani herdsmen claimed the lives of at least fifteen believers in Plateau state. The violence unfolded over five days in the same county where a pastor and fellow worshippers were slain just days earlier.

“They came in the night and began shooting indiscriminately,”

one local source told Christian Daily. The attacks mark a continuation of a pattern of targeted killings that have plagued Christian farming communities across Nigeria’s Middle Belt for years.

Despite repeated appeals for protection, residents say government forces have been slow to respond. Families in the affected villages are now left to bury loved ones while fearing the next assault.

“We need the world to see what is happening to Christians here,”

another witness stated. The renewed bloodshed highlights the urgent need for both security and international attention to the growing persecution of believers in Nigeria.

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