2/12/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — At least 22 Christians were killed in a series of recent attacks on villages in Plateau state, Nigeria, as armed groups occupied Christian communities, preventing residents from accessing their homes, farms, and places of worship.
In Mangu County, the hometown of Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang, more than 20 Christian villages remain inaccessible, said Mathias Jonathan, secretary of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) committee.
“Seventeen people were killed in one week,” he said. “We are denied access to our farms and homes. We will die of hunger.”
Meanwhile, in Barkin Ladi County, local sources told an International Christian Concern (ICC) staffer that Muslim Fulani extremists targeted Christian farmers, students, and commuters, killing at least five people in one week.
“We are killed because we are Christians,” one resident said. “Fulani are not attacking Muslim farmers in Plateau state, but Christians are attacked daily, and we don’t have guns to defend ourselves.”
The Nigerian government has not officially attributed these attacks to any ethnic or religious group, but media analysts have drawn comparisons between these armed groups and Boko Haram, citing a pattern of violence aimed at displacing Christian communities.
Christians in the affected regions continue to call for security intervention to reclaim their communities and protect their right to worship.
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