Apr 16, 2025
Following the killing of more than 60 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria earlier this month, the death toll of a dawn attack on Monday on a predominantly Christian community in the state has risen to 51, according to reports.
Fulani herdsmen attacked Zikke village in Kwall District, Bassa County early Monday morning, said area resident Blessing Yakubu.
“Over 40 Christians have killed in a fresh attack which occurred in Zikke village of Kwall district in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state,” Yakubu said in a text message to Christian Daily International-Morning Star News, with the death toll later updated to 51, according to Channels TV. “Lives have been lost and properties destroyed through this early morning attack by armed Fulani herdsmen.”
On Friday, suspected herdsmen killed three members of a family in predominantly Christian Zogu village, Miango District, also in Bassa County, said community leader Sam Jugo. He identified the victims as Weyi Gebeh, 56, and his sons, Zhu Weyi, 25, and Henry Weyi, 16.
Also in Bassa, herdsmen raided three predominantly Christian villages last Tuesday night, killing two people, said Joseph Chudu Yonkpa, a community leader in Bassa’s Miango District.
“Barely 24 hours after we laid to rest our beloved brethren of Hwrra village killed by Fulani militias, these same herdsmen have launched three separate deadly attacks on our communities in the night of April 8,” Yonkpa said in a statement. “These Fulani marauders carried out devastating ambushes in three locations: Zashi of Kperie, Kwall district; MODACS Hotel beside the College of Accountancy, Kwall; and Twin Hill (Gyu) of Miango District.” READ MORE
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SOURCE: The Christian Post