A total of 2539 persons mostly rural dwellers and travellers were killed by Fulani herdsmen between 2017-2020 according to an independent report by Jose Luis Bazan,an international researcher and analyst based in Brussels,Belgium.
In the report,a copy of which was made available to Newdawnngr.com, a total of 654 attacks were carried out by the ethnic group who are mostly pastoralists but have taken to attacking rural farmers using their cattle to dispossess them of their farmland and in most cases burning their rural settlements and raping some of their victims who are kidnapped for ransom.
The report also showed that 393 persons suffered various degrees of wounds during the attacks while 253 were kidnapped for Ransome by the ethnic militia.
During the period in question, 7582 homes were destroyed through bonfires while 24 churches were also affected.
In all 16 raped victims lived to tell their stories.
The report also showed that out of every 297 terrorist attacks mostly carried out by Islamic State of West Africa(ISWA) and Book Haram,another deadly sect,200 of such were carried out by Fulani herdsmen which represents 84% of total attacks during the period in question.
The irony of it all is that fight against terrorism occasioned by insecurity in the country was part of the core campaign promises made by President Muhammad Buhari in 2015 but two years after his coming to power,the Fulani,his ethnic stock up their terrorism game maiming,killing, kidnapping and dispossessing farmers of their farm lands after destroying their farms grazing cattle on it.
WORKING DOCUMENT
FULANI MILITIAS’ TERROR:
COMPILATION OF NEWS
(2017 – 2020)
José Luis Bazán
Ph. D. International Law
Independent Researcher and Analyst, Brussels (Belgium)
Contact: hispanialex@yahoo.es
Website: https://independent.academia.edu/JLBAZAN Introductory Remarks
Nigerians are suffering widespread and systematic terrorist attacks by, mainly, Boko Haram, the ISIL-aligned Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP), Fulani militias and Ansaru. The Global Terrorist Index 2019 published by the Institute for Economics and Peace, indicates that the primary driver of the increase in terrorism in the Sub-Saharan Africa was a rise in terrorist activity in Nigeria attributed, not to Boko Haram, ISWAP or Ansaru, but to Fulani extremists: in 2018, Fulani extremists were responsible for the majority of terror-related deaths in Nigeria (1,158 fatalities), with an increase by 261 and 308 per cent respectively from the prior year. Most of Fulani attacks were armed assaults (200 out of 297 attacks) against civilians (84 per cent of the attacks). 2 Bandits and criminal gangs’ attacks are also part of the unfortunate reality that Nigerians have to face in their lives.
We have researched on the attacks in Nigeria attributed to presumably Fulani by mass media, NGOs and, in few cases, private sources, and this list is the result of that work. The listed attacks are sorted by date (of the attack, or if not possible to date it precisely, date of the report) from 2017 until 7th May 2020. Some of the news compiled refer to certain statements, reactions, events…which are connected to the Fulani attacks, that may be useful to understand better the complex situation.
It is difficult to know the exact number of victims of the attacks since the news usually, in particular when the attacks are massive, mentions a minimum number (“at least…”), or even refers qualitatively to them (“many”, “a large number”). This is particularly clear when it comes to the destruction of properties -above all, when the houses of the victims are destroyed-, as well as the number of displaced persons caused by the attacks, which are counted by dozens of thousands. Most of the victims are farmers (predominantly, Christians), but Fulani (predominantly, Muslim) have also attacked policemen, soldiers, etc. In some cases, media identify the religious denomination of the victims (for example, when the attacks took place during or after religious ceremonies), in particular Christian media, that have a better knowledge about the affiliation of their own faithful.
Two further difficulties to have more information on the attacks are, in one hand, the fact that the attacks often occur in rural areas, where there is no information structure to cover them in detail; and, on the other hand, the passive attitude by public authorities, including police, that do not provide complete, transparent and reliable information on them. In the news, media reports make evident this attitude, and when there are official statements of the attacks, they tend to limit their intensity and the number of victims, in contrast to the allegations by witnesses or even victims of the attacks.
The present list includes only the attacks attributed to Fulani, without further double check, which is in process with some experts in the country. This does not mean that the sources are not reliable, as most of them are produced by professional mass media and experts. At the same time, large part of these attacks has been reported by more than one source, among the 45 sources used for this research, that are quoted at the end of the list. Every attack compiled has a link (or more) to these sources.
Fulani are approximately 15 million in Nigeria (numbers vary, depending on sources), and therefore, it would be unreasonable the misuse of this list of Fulani attacks to criminalize this ethnic (and religious) community as a whole. Certainly, the antagonism between Fulani herdsmen and farmers is historical, and it has been exacerbated in recent times by a certain number of factors, including climate change. But in the course of the last 3 years, as Sangare has expressed,
“this antagonism has taken a dangerous turn of identity and religion between two communities that have become irreconcilable and have been governed by different legal systems since Islamic law was reintroduced in 2000 in twelve northern states. To Christians, the Fulani want to “Islamize” them, if need be, by force.”
In our view, we can’t remain blind to the reality of regular, systematic, targeted attacks carried out by a minority of Fulani groups that spread terror among (Christian) farmers to achieve their own purposes, using AK47s, too. The attacks of these Fulani armed groups that form militias fit with the commonly accepted notion of terrorism as intentional and illegal use of violence or threat of violence to intimidate a large spectrum of a society, in the pursuit of political, religious, ideological or social objectives,6 and with the description of terrorist acts by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1566 (2004) as:
“criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population or compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act, which constitute offences within the scope of and as defined in the international conventions and protocols relating to terrorism, are under no circumstances justifiable by considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other similar nature.”
In annex I, statistics about the reported attacks specify the number of victims and the type of actions carried out by Fulani (killings, persons wounded, rapes, kidnappings, destruction of homes and churches). In the period researched, 654 attacks took place, with more than 2,539 people killed, 393 wounded, 253 kidnapped, 16 raped, more than 7.582 homes and 24 churches destroyed. Annex II includes the list of reported attacks.
ANNEX I
Statistics about reported attacks by Fulani
(2017-7th May 2020)
ATTACKS
KILLED
WOUNDED
KIDNAPPED
RAPED
HOMES
CHURCHES
2020
141
335
46+
137
2
176+
MAY
2
4
5
APRIL
33
107
16+
28
2
166+
MARCH
23
102
2+
24
FEBRUARY
16
33+
23
3
10+
JANUARY
67
89
82
2019
169
524
84
75
3
606
23
DECEMBER
7
2
1
1
1
NOVEMBER
4
5
3
1
OCTOBER
11
12
18
SEPTEMBER
12
32
1
16
AUGUST
14
17
3
15
JULY
16
10
2
9
75
2
JUNE
8
14
1
3
1
232
2
MAY
53
165
20
2
12
15
APRIL
14
80
14
MARCH
19
105+
37+
10
1
247
4
FEBRUARY
6
68
2
40
JANUARY
2
14
2018
245
1.478
230
29
7
300
1
DECEMBER
5
13
5
12
NOVEMBER
2
5
OCTOBER
3
31+
4
SEPTEMBER
8
44
51
AUGUST
17
24
4+
1
95
JULY
10
63
3
16
1
JUNE
12
132
40
4+
45+
MAY
19
289
14+
1
3
APRIL
36
296
49+
1
1
82
MARCH
33
174
24+
1
50+
FEBRUARY
41
118
6
4
JANUARY
59
294+
30+
1
2
12+
2017
99
202
33+
12
4
6.500
DECEMBER
18
65
14+
3.000
NOVEMBER
5
4+
1+
1+
OCTOBER
2
7+
1+
SEPTEMBER
6
22
10
1
AUGUST
7
3+
1
3
JULY
1
JUNE
6
2
1
1
1
MAY
19
26
3
APRIL
8
42
2+
1
3.500
MARCH
6
14
1
1
FEBRUARY
10
4
JANUARY
11
13+
4+
3
TOTAL
654
2.539+
393+
253+
16
7582+
24
ANNEX II:
FULANI MILITIAS’ TERROR:
COMPILATION OF NEWS (2017 – 2020)
(654 attacks to the date: 07 May 2020)
2020 (141 attacks to the date)
MAY 2020
05/05 Eight Fulani herdsmen shot and wounded Rev. Bayo Famonure, head of Christian high school Messiah College, and his family (wife and 2 children) while sleeping, in Gana Ropp village, Barkin Ladi County, Plateau state
03/05 Herdsmen ambushed and killed 4 Christians near Miango County’s Kwall village
APRIL 2020
26/04 Fulani herdsmen attacked with machetes a Christian couple that was riding a motorcycle from Kuru to Kwi, near Heipang in Plateau state, leaving the husband with serious injuries
25/04 Fulani herdsmen killed 13 Christians and kidnapped 13 others in attacks on five villages in the counties of Kajuru and Chikun in Kaduna state displaced more than 1,000 people from their homes
24/04 Unidentified person and a Nigerian army soldier were killed in predominantly Christian Akwunakwo village, near Gwagwada in Chikun County
23/04 Fulani herdsmen killed 2 people, kidnapped another and burned down a church building that included the pastor’s home in attacks on predominantly Christian areas in southern Kaduna
22/04 Armed Fulani herdsmen abducted Emmanuel Iliya Agiya, elder and treasurer of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Atang village, Jema’a County
21/04 Over 100 Armed Fulani Herdsmen Attack Southern Kaduna Villages, Kill
4, Burn 36 Houses
21/04 Suspected Fulani herdsmen raid Ondo town, attack residents
20/04 Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill NSCDC Inspector Joseph Ochogwu, in
Benue State
20/04 Eight villagers wounded by Fulani herdsmen in shootings at Mande Gem village, Guman County, Benue state; a woman and her baby were kidnapped
20/04 Fulani cattlemen attacked Chongu Gugor and Tse Gishe villages, Guman
County, Benue state, destroying houses and shooting villagers: many injured
20/04 Christian farmer, Titus Nyitar, was shot to death, and his head was cut off while working on his farm, in Tse Vanbe village, Guma County, Benue State; houses burn down and 3 villagers kidnapped; villagers take refuge in the town of Daudu
20/04 Seven Christians killed in three herdsmen attacks over five days in Rafi
County, Niger state
20/04 Residents in five villages (Adejubu, Adewole, Olotin, Olondan and Jojo) in Akure North local government have reportedly fled over attack by some suspected herdsmen
20/04 Suspected Fulani Kidnappers Of Anglican Priest In Delta Demand N15m Ransom. Rev. Anthony Oyi was abducted along with his wife, children and the parishioner as they worked on his farm at Issele-‐Mkpitime village, Aniocha North County
19/04 Armed Fulani attacked and killed 4 in Ntiriku Village of Kaura LGA,
Kaduna state: 2 members of the ECWA and 2 Catholics: Hannatu Joseph, 70 &
Sunday David, 45, both members of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA); and Sarah Sunday, 40, and Jummai Sajeh, 75, both Catholics. 38 houses razed down, while about 87 families are affected
19/04 Fulani terrorists killed Lami Adamu and her child and injured one in Awake village, Kachia County
18/04 Police In Edo Recover Bodies Of Kidnap Victims, Arrest 3 Fulani Suspects
18/04 A former member, House of Representatives, representing Bassa/ Jos North Federal Constituency, Mr. Lumumba Dah Adeh: in 4 months herdsmen attacks claimed 40 lives, 8t injured, 330 houses torched and 15 farms destroyed in 19 separate attacks on 15 communities in Irigwe chiefdom of Bassa Local Government Area of the state
16/04 Herdsmen Kill Christian Student Sebastine Stephen in Kaduna State’s Gbagyi Villa, a suburb of the city of Kaduna; 2 Christians, Jack Nweke and his wife, kidnapped
16/04 Six Children, Pregnant Mother among 9 Christians Killed in Herdsmen
Attack
16/04 Fulani herdsmen killed 2 people in Ungwan Maigero, Kachia County
16/04 Scores of farmers and some rural folks have been killed as gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen allegedly invaded villages in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State
15/04 Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen attacked the village of Hurra in Bassa Local Government Area (Plateau state), killing at least 9 people and burned over 20 houses in the attack
14/04 Muslim Fulani herdsmen decapitate two Christians in Benue state
14/04 Suspected Armed Fulani Herdsmen Killed 9, 2 injured while 33 houses completely touched by fire in Maiyanga Village of Bassa LGA
14/04 Armed Fulani herdsmen attacked Zakkan village, in Kaduna state’s Jema’a County, killing 1 Christian (Abel Danjuma, 40) and wounding 2 others brothers (45-‐year-‐old Henry Tuta, 50-‐year-‐old Chairman Tuta)
14/04 Fulani herdsmen blocked the Abuja-‐Jos route at Zakkan village, Kaduna state’s Jema’a County, and kidnapped 2 young girls traveling from Abuja to Taraba state
12/04 Fulani Herdsmen attacked a church site where a wedding was taking place, killing 12 Christians and abducting the couple and some church members, in Tegina Kabata village, Niger state’s Shiroro County
10/04 Pastor Stephen Akpor of the Celestial Church of Christ’s Breakthrough
Cathedral in Ibusa, killed by Fulani herdsmen in southern Nigeria’s Delta state
10/04 Moses Gata, a Christian resident in an area of predominantly ethnic Irigwe encompassing Miango and Kwall districts in Bassa County, denounces that Nigerian soldiers detained and mistreated him for complaining about lack of security in Plateau state
09/04 Herdsmen killed Christian farmer Austine Nwaeke in the agrarian community of Albert Camp, Oshimili South County of Delta state
09/04 Mary Jekeli Edibo, a native of Agbenema-‐Ife in Omala was said to have been matcheted to death by Fulani herdsmen while on her way back from a neighboring village
09/04 Pastor Matthew Tagwai of Evangelical Church and three members of his congregation, including a 10-‐year-‐old boy, killed by Fulani in Plateau State, Nigeria; photos
08/04 Lawrence Ojeashi, a resident of Asaba, Delta State, tortured, humiliated and dehumanized by Fulani kidnappers
07/04 Fulani marauders killed 4 in Ngbrazongo village of Bassa LG in Plateau
05/04 Fulani Herdsmen in Nigeria Kill More than 60 Christians in Five Weeks
04/04 No fewer than three persons were reportedly murdered in the farm by herdsmen in Arimogija community
03/04 Residents flee as suspected Fulani herdsmen allegedly kill three in Ondo community; Villagers Allege Seeing Helicopter ‘Dropping Weapons’ In Forest; victims: Jacob Odushe and his son, Adura; Victor Ejeh
01/04 Fulani herdsmen killed 7 Christians in Bassa County’s Hukke village,
Miango District, burned 24 houses in the village. Killed were Izinpa Muntu, 72;
Madah Imeh, 80; Jummai Geye, 78; Gado Muntu, 67; Mary Alhassan, 70; Gado
Nguni, 90; and Rigwe Muntu, 84
01/04 Herdsmen attacked Ancha village killing 3 Christians
01/04 Nkiedoro village attacked by the herdsmen: Christian villagers escaped unhurt, but 15 houses were burned by the herdsmen
MARCH 2020
31/03 Father and son killed on their farm by allegedly Fulani herdsmen
31/03 Herdemen attacked Rosu village: three Christians lost their lives
30/03 No fewer than 6 defenseless Christians were hacked to death in Komo
Community, Guruku ward in Chikun LGA of Kaduna State
30/03 District Head of Jagindi in Jema’a LGA of the State, HRH, Danlami Barde and his brother, Musa Barde were killed while the wife of the latter sustained several gunshot injuries
28/03 Groom, five others kidnapped in Taraba by mostly Fulani herdsmen
27/03 Three Christian females -‐ Hassana Bala, Jamilu Hassana and Halima Bala
Nawela-‐ hacked to death in Kuduru, a Gbagyi village in Chikun LGA of the
Kaduna State
25/03 Fulanis attacked Bakira-‐Maro village killing 12-‐year-‐old Beniah Daniel, 43-‐year-‐old father of three Ishaku Apiletuwe and Rita Atiteh, 33; severely wounded
24/03 Male resident of Okpanam community of Delta State has been kidnapped by some suspected Fulani herdsmen
24/03 No fewer than 5 persons allegedly killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Kwal district of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, in two separate attacks: first killed 3 children from the same family (Rachel, 6, Jacob, 3; and one-‐year old Charity) in Gbra Zongo village; in the second, 2 women killed in Kperie community
22/03 Suspected Fulani herdsmen attack Benue community, kill man, abduct 3 women; photos
22/03 Herdsmen opened fire on ethnic Adara hunters and killed Michael
Yahaya in Mararanban Afogo village
20/03 Six villagers missing two weeks after suspected herders attack Benue
21/03 How Ughelli Buried 10 Exhumed Corpses Killed By Fulani Herdsmen
14/03 Herdsmen Kill Three, Government Insists Gololo Had Foreknowledge Of
Attacks
14/03 Herdsmen allegedly kill 7 in Guma, Benue community
13/03 Fulani herdsmen attack Mr Sola Oguntade, Oodua People’s Congress member in Akure, Ondo State capital
11/03 58-‐year-‐old security man, Kasali Ajeigbe, has been slaughtered by some suspected Fulani herdsmen in Ondo city
10/03 Delta Assembly Tasks Gov. Okowa On Areas Under Fulani Herdsmen’s
Siege
10/03 Popular gospel act, Lanre Teriba aka Atorise that campaigned against the kidnapping and wanton killings especially by suspected Fulani herdsmen, allegedly attacked by herdsmen
08/03 Uwheru Killings: We Are Fighting Against Higher Powers Not Herdsmen – Commissioner for Higher Education, Delta State, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare has stated
07/03 Invasion of Ekiti by Fulani herdsmen cause for concern —Aloba, Ekiti APC chief: “They killed people on their farms and raped our women“
05/03 No fewer than 4 Christians were hacked to death and 3 women raped including wife of a traditional ruler (Tyoo Chado) in Mbanyiar Community, Guma LGA of Benue State
04/03 Law enforcement agencies silent over reports that herdsmen move around with AK-‐47 rifles in a community in Anambra state, accusation by Igbo socio-‐cultural organisation
03/03 Anarchy Looms In Anambra Over AK-‐47 Wielding Herdsmen, Ohanaeze
Ndigbo Alerts Inspector General of Police
03/03 Fulani used both guns and machetes, killing six persons in Abaji, a small community of farmers
02/03 At least 4 persons killed after Suspected Fulani herdsmen launched fresh attack on Waya community in Jato-‐Aka of Kwande Local Government Area in Benue State
02/03 Suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked some communities in Igabi and Giwa Local Government Areas of Kaduna State killing over 50 persons and injured many others
02/03 Catholics protest increasing anti-‐Christian violence in Nigeria: “We are protesting against the brutal killings of innocent Nigerians by Boko Haram and terrorist herdsmen who are invading people’s farmlands forcefully”, says President of Nigerian Catholic Conference of Bishops
02/03 Five missionaries kidnapped in Kamuku Field, Niger, when armed
Muslim Fulani herdsmen raided a school in Maruba, Shiroro County, run by
Calvary Ministries (CAPRO)
FEBRUARY 2020
29/02 Fulani militants attacked a Christian village named Bange, a border community between Taraba and Adamawa states: the village head, Alfa Yayu (73 years old) was fatally shot; Gayus Abari, 72 years old, suffered severe machete cuts to his head, shoulder, back, and legs. Fulani burnt down 10 homes and set fire to several bundles of woven straw fences, and stole two motorbikes
27/02 Armed Fulani herdsmen have stormed some communities in Ado Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State with over 4,000 cattle, compelling some peasant farmers in the area to flee their homes
26/02 Herdsmen killed one man, shot his daughter and abducted the wife, after hours of sporadic shootings at Isele-‐Azagba Community in Aniocha North Council Area of Delta State
24/02 We’ve lost over 86 people to Fulani herdsmen since 2012 – Delta community
24/02 Female Fulani with AK-‐47 rifle arrested at the Ungwan Salaha,
Mararaban Jos community, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State
22/02 Delta Monarch Raises The Alarm Over Invasion Of Herdsmen
21/02 Anxiety as police arrest 10 armed Fulani herdsmen in Ekiti
19/02 Farmers, identified as Owoh and Samuel Imonkhai, were killed on their farms by suspected herdsmen in the Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State
16/02 Herdsmen allegedly dressed in army uniforms alleged killed 11 indigenes in Avwon, Agadama, Ohoror and other communities under Uwheru kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area
16/02 Herdsmen receive military training in Ekiti, according to a report prepared by a committee raised by Ekiti Council of Elders
16/02 Fulani herdsmen entered cashew farm and burnt well over 210 cashew trees
16/02 Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen kill two soldiers and injuring one at
X-‐Land of Barkin Ladi Local Government area of Plateau
15/02 Suspected Fulani herdsmen allegedly invaded and killed eight persons in the Urhobo Kingdom; residents abandoned their homes for fear of being killed as the Fulani herdsmen took over their lands
14/02 Fulani Herdsmen Attack Farms In Plateau State, Many Feared Dead
12/02 Kidnap of 13-‐year old girl and a middle-‐aged man: herdsmen suspected to be behind the kidnap
10/02 Residents Flee Issele-‐Azagba area, Aniocha North Local Government
Area (LGA) of Delta State Over Herdsmen’s Incessant Attacks, Kidnapping
09/02 Residents of Abavo, a largely agrarian community in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, have raised alarm over attacks by gun-wielding men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen
06/02 ‘Fulani herdsmen’ kill three policemen in Delta
05/02 Two men killed in Issele-‐Azagba, Community in Aniocha North Council
Area of Delta State, by herdsmen: one of the deceased victims, Sebastine Kadiri, was abducted that night along with a female student, who was freed four days later
04/02 Herdsmen kidnapped Miss Deborah Williams, the 13-‐year-‐old student of Grace Favour Montessori School, and demanded for N10 million ransom
04/02 A 22-‐year-‐old graduate of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-‐Iwoye,
Ogun State, Motunrayo Rafiu, abducted by suspected Fulani kidnappers in the
Kabba area of Kogi State
04/02 Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill 3 policemen along the Ugbolu -‐Illah Road, in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State
03/02 Suspected Hausa Fulani Suicide Bomber Attempting To Plant A Bomb In Living Faith Church aka Winners chapel, Kaduna
02/02 Fulani herdsmen attack Ebira farmers in Ondo: no fewer than 20 Ebira farmers receiving medical treatment
JANUARY 2020
30/01 Suspected herdsmen with AK 47 riffles, ambushed policemen after Edo resident was killed by Fulani
28/01 One killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Kwara
28/01 Governor Lalong Orders Arrest Of Fulani and Community Leaders In Bokkos local government council of his state following continuous hostilities in the affected community where 15 persons were killed
28/01 A pregnant woman and 16 others have been killed in an overnight attack on Ruboi community under Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State by Fulani herdsmen
26/01 Kwatas community of Bokkos Local Government Area in Plateau State was attacked by suspected armed Fulani: 14 people lost their lives
26/01 Fulani herder reportedly invaded a beans farm belonging to a Tiv farmer, Mr Dooior James, in Pangari village of the Bali Local Government area of Taraba Stateand while the farmer sought for compensation, the herder killed him. Another farmer killed by hersmen
22/01 4 Fulani herdsmen arrested for raping 4 sisters
21/01 A 26-‐year-‐old member of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) kidnapped by herdsmen in Kwata village.
20/01 A Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed a member of Rim community in
Riyom LGA of Plateau state
20/01 Gunmen suspected to be Fulani militia invaded Abebe community in
Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State killing a cleric, Augustine Avertse, church leader of Saint Augustine’s Catholic Church, Abebe, alongside his father, Pa Avertse Akaa’am
20/01 Not less than 50 cases of Fulani herdsmen deliberate activities to destroy farmlands and product contained therein have been reported to the police without proper action, said the national president of the Igalamela Cultural and Development Association (ICDA)
20/01 Five Travellers Kidnapped by suspected Fulani herdsmen along Onicha-Ugbo/Idumuje-‐Ugboko/Abuja road in Aniocha North Local Government Area of
Delta state, Regain Freedom In Delta After Paying Ransom
18/01 Suspected Fulani bandits kill village head, kidnap 17 others in Niger
18/01 Fulani killed a farmer in Igalamela / Odolu Local Government Area of kogi state, after the deceased had gone to report the alleged destruction of his farmland by the fulanis to the police
17/01 Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed two young Christian women in southern
Kaduna state
15/01 More than 200 Muslim Fulani herdsmen have attacked predominantly
Christian villages in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria since Jan. 6, killing at least
35 people and kidnapping 58 others
08/01 Fulani Hersdmen kill about 13 people with some others seriously injured in Kulben community of Kombun District in Mangu Local Government Area
10/01 Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Cyprian Ugwuanyi, Parish Priest of St. Paul
Catholic Church, Ogbosu, Umulokpa in Uzo-‐Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State was kidnapped by 3 Fulani herdsmen
04/01 Fulani gunmen invade Kogi town, kill 23
01/01 A member of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) killed by herdsmen
2019 (169 attacks counted to the date)
DECEMBER 2019
29/12 Tension As 200 Herdsmen, Cattle Storm at Ajowa-‐ Akoko in Akoko North-‐west local government area of Ondo State; herdsmen were found in possession of weapons
29/12 Curtailing Herders’ Threat To Ekiti State Farmers: herders occupied and destroyed crops planted on the abandoned 2500 acres of land at Orin Farm settlemen and destroyed crops worth over N50 million in farms belonging to 70 farmers
28/12 Fulani herdsman identified as Laulo Isa raped to death a-‐54-‐old woman,
Mary Okereke in Ugwulangwu
22/12 COCIN member, Ayuba Lanjo, was wounded in an attack by herdsmen in
Tanjol near Jol in Riyom County
19/12 Augustine Eziashi, a native of Ubulu-‐Uku, in Aniocha South local government area of Delta state was kidnapped by Fulani men
16/12 Herdsmen killed a Christian woman, Mary Machief, and her baby daughter in Plateau state’s Bokkos County
02/12 Armed Herders Destroy 100 Hectares Of Rice Farm at Asolo in the Uso area of Owo Local Government Area, Ondo State
02/12 Fulani’s involvement in kidnapping compounded security situation,
Commander of Intelligence Response Team said
NOVEMBER 2019
20/11 In 2018, Fulani extremists were responsible for the majority of terror-related deaths in Nigeria at 1,158 fatalities, according to Global Terrorism Index 2019
17/11 Kidnapped Girl, 8, Escapes From Suspected Fulani Herdsmen
14/11 Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed four Christians in north-‐central Nigeria, attacking them with machetes as they slept in their beds
14/11 A group of herdsmen attacked predominantly Christian Agom village in southern Kaduna state: an 87-‐year-‐old Christian killed by machete and another by gunshot
11/11 Herdsmen have created fear among farmers causing food scarcity in
Imo State
08/11 Fulani herdsmen were reported disrupting local farms and civil centers around the government areas of Kirikasamma and Guru: a local farmer and police officer shot
02/11 Govt officials are buying, keeping cattle with Fulani
01/11 The Livestock Farmers Association Laments Incessant Attacks By
Herdsmen in Shotubo community, in Sagamu local Government of Ogun State
OCTOBER 2019
27/10 Girl, 6, dies after allegedly being shot by suspected Fulani Herdsmen in
Enugu State (Graphic photos)
23/10 Delta State Council of Traditional Rulers has condemned armed invasion and aborted kidnap of teachers at the Azagba Mixed Secondary School, Issele-‐ Azagba in Aniocha North local Government Area by gunmen suspected of being herdsmen
22/10 Governor Ortom of Benue State advised the Federal Government to close Nigeria’s borders against the influx of foreign herdsmen that come into the country to cause mayhem
16/10 8 Masked gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen stormed the School premises and abducted the Principal, and four other teachers of the Aniocha
North Local Government Area in Azagba Mixed Secondary School, Issele-‐
Azagba
11/10 Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Kill Teenage Worker Joseph Otoile In Delta
Community
12/10 30 year old Wakili Ayuba -‐husband to Margaret Wakili, a 27 year old pregnant woman killed by herdsmen-‐ was ambushed and killed by people suspected to be herdsmen
07/10 Fulani militias are said to have invaded a Tomatoes farm of Vatt
Community, Barkin Ladi
07/10 Attack on Vatt village in Barkin Ladi County by suspected armed Fulani militias killed 2 Christian women, Tabitha Joro Dung and Yop Gwom Pam, and a Christian man, Peter Zong,
07/10 Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed Ezra Haruna, a member of Godiya Baptist Church in Ungwan Barau village, in an attack on the village near Udawa in Chikun County, Kaduna state; 4 other church members, including Jummai Ido, the church pastor’s wife, were kidnapped. Armed herdsmen stormed the community and shot indiscriminately into houses, forcing residents to flee into bushes surrounding the village
05/10 Fulani herdsmen killed a young Christian man Bartholomew David, 23, from the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Akilbu, after stopping him on a highway in Kaduna state
04/10 Catholic priest Father Arinze Madu of Enugu Diocese and Vice Rector of the Queen of Apostle Spiritual Year Senior Seminary, Imezi Owa in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State, kidnapped by Fulani herdsmen
03/10 Muslim Fulani herdsmen kidnapped six Christian female students and two teachers from Engravers’ College, a Christian-‐run high school in Kakau village
03/10 Herdsmen killed 4 members of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Vatt
SEPTEMBER 2019
30/09 Since February 2017, 48 recorded cases of abduction in with a total ransom of over N277million paid out, with some of the victims murdered even after the demanded ransom had been paid, Spokesman of the Igbo Union in Benue State said
28/09 In Jol village in neighboring Riyom County, herdsmen ambushed and killed 3 Christians, members of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), returning to their community who had been displaced by violence a year ago
23/09 Three members of the Baptist Church were killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen at Hukke Village, Miango, Bassa LGA of the State. Those killed were two women, Ladi Wuh, 45, and 36-‐year-‐old Laraba Audu, and community leader Musa Yevuh, 40
23/09 Suspected herdsmen abduct 14 passengers at Ajeoku junction, along
Otan-‐ile-‐Okemesi road in Obokun Local Government of Osun State
22/09 Fulani Herdsmen Invade A’Ibom Community and Stab Security Guard
15/09 Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has raised an alarm that there are some Fulani assassins outside his home at Isiama-‐Afaraukwu
14/09 Fulani herdsmen kidnapped and killed a pastor’s wife in north-‐central Nigeria’s Kaduna state three days after suspected herdsmen killed a Baptist pastor in another part of the state
11/09 Rev. Alhamdu Mangadus, pastor of Nasara Baptist Church in Asso, was killed while working on his farm
07/09 Plateau: We have lost 43 villages to Fulani herdsmen in 17 years – Reps member
07/09 Gunmen Kill 12 In Plateau Attacks, 10 In Ebonyi Community
05/09 Fulani Militia attacked farmers at Abonong in Barkin-‐Ladi of Plateau
State
05/09 Prof. Gideon Okedayo kidnapped at Akoko Junction on the Igara-‐Auch highway in Edo State
04/09 Fulani Militia shot dead 2 natives of Vatt community, Foron District of
Barkin Ladi LGA, Plateau State
04/09 Baptist Pastor Rev. Elisha Noma kidnapped by Fulani freed after 17 days of torture and paying ransom (3 million naira, US$8,181)
AUGUST 2019
29/08 Fulani Militias shot 7 seven natives of Attakar of Kaura LGA, Kaduna state
29/08 Fulani herdsmen killed 5 Christians and destroyed many homes in an attack on predominantly Christian Kiri, in Kaduna’s Kaura County
26/08 Senator Nnamani: Fulani herdsmen activities in Igbo land barbaric
22/08 Suspected herdsmen kill pregnant woman in Enugu
15/08 Catholic priest Rev. Chimezie Ani narrowly escaped death in an attack by armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen shooting at his vehicle
14/08 Muslim Fulani herdsmen abducted a Baptist pastor Elisha Noma of
Nagarta Baptist Church in Makiri and his son
09/08 Over 500 Christians kidnapped in Kaduna State in the last two years: over N300 million as ransom paid to kidnappers, armed bandits and Fulani herdsmen
05/08 Enugu monarch, wife kidnapped by suspected Fulani herdsmen
05/08 Catholic parishioner Kenneth Igwe found dead after being taken by
Fulani in an ambush
05/08 Herdsmen attacked a Roman Catholic parish in Kasuwan Magani, a town south of the city of Kaduna: Rev. Fr. Joseph Kato Kwasau, narrowly escaped death; his house security guard, Samuel Jerome, 38, was killed by the band of 15 terrorists
04/08 Fulani herdsmen killed pastor Jeremiah Omolewa of Living Faith Church in the Romi New Extension area of the city of Kaduna and kidnapped his wife
04/08 Fulani herdsmen abducted the traditional ruler of Agbogugu, Awgu LGA,
Enugu State, Igwe Sunday Orji and his wife
02/08 5 pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God kidnapped near
Ijebu-‐Ode allegedly by Fulani herdsmen
01/08 Father Paul Offu, the parish Catholic priest of St. James the Greater
Parish, Ugbawka, reportedly was shot and killed by suspected armed herdsmen
01/08 Fulani herdsmen ambushed and shot 3 Christians, who were wounded.
Timothy Joseph, 23, Nuhu Ishaya, 22, and Achi Danjuma, 21, were returning to
Ancha village from Hukke when they were attacked
01/08 Redeemed Christian Church of God’s deaconess, Chidinma Ibeleji, and 4 other persons (Chidioze Eluwa, Chiemela Iroha, Okoro Ohowukwe, Ndubuizi Owuabueze) abducted by Fulani herdsmen around the J3 forest on Ogbere
Road, in Ijebu-‐East Local Government Area
JULY 2019
29/07 Anxiety, anger in Ondo, as Fulani vigilantes invade major roads:
Farmers, travellers can no longer move in peace, residents groan
27/07 Inhabitants of Pandagi, a village in Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have run away following alleged threats by Fulani herdsmen to invade and attack the community
27/07 Fulani already prosecuting their war against Nigerians —Prof Banji
Akintoye
26/07 Southern Middle Belt Forum accuses Fulani Herdsmen of committing
Genocide against Nigerians
23/07 Nnamdi Kanu: Fulani Jihadist are seriously working to take over Yoruba land
23/07 Suspected Fulani herdsmen abduct 3 Bayelsa-‐bound women travelers in
Edo, demand N30m
21/07 3 friends and 2 children were attacked and kidnapped by a gang of gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen along Okada Road in Edo State: N30 million ransom 8. demanded
21/07 Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, wrote an open letter to President
Buhari denouncing the incessant and increasing menace of Fulani herdsmen
19/07 Nigerian big men sponsoring Fulani herdsmen attacks, Gani Adams declares
17/07 Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill naval Warrant Officer, as police recue 7 kidnap victims in Edo
17/07 Catholic priest Fr. Ikechukwu Ilo, in charge of St. Patrick Church at Numeh, attacked by Fulani herdsmen armed with AK47 along Numeh-‐ Nenwe road in the Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu Stat; other victim, Mrs Chika Egbo, shot in her leg and waist
16/07 Catholic priest of Nsukka Diocese, Rev. Fr. Celestine Eze: we were kidnapped by Fulani militias
15/07 Herdsmen attacked the Christian communities of Ancha, Tafigana, Kperie, Hukke and Rikwechongu, killing 3 Christians (a 27-‐year-‐old pregnant woman Margaret Wakili, Thomas Wollo, 46, and his son, Ngwe Thomas Wollo, 7), and burning down 75 houses and 2 church buildings
14/07 46-‐year-‐old Thomas Wollo was killed and beheaded together with his 7-year-‐old son Nggwe Thomas by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Tafigana village of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. The suspected Fulani herdsmen also killed a 27 year old pregnant woman identified a Margaret Wakili and an aged woman in Ancha village
14/07 Rafiu Showemimo, a farmer has been stabbed and killed by suspected herdsmen at Adao community in Alabata area of Odeda Loca
12/07 Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill daughter of Fasoranti, Afenifere’s leader
08/07 Anglican Bishop: Ruga an attempt to Islamise, Fulanise Nigeria
08/07 Fulani herdsmen suspected to be kidnappers have been arrested in
Irese in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State
07/07 Herdsmen ambushed and killed a Christian identified as Ezekiel Audu,
25, member of ECWA [Evangelical Church Winning All], in Kperie village of
Kwall District, Bassa County
06/07 Fulani herdsmen have taken over our farmlands; they kill, rape our people – Delta communities’ residents
06/07 Our kidnappers were typical Fulani men and were on drugs, they were herdsmen, they told us themselves —Bauchi victim
04/07 Fulani Group Threaten To Start Terrorizing Nigeria In 30 Days Over
Suspension Of RUGA Settlement Plan
03/07 Three Locals of Jol community of Plateau state attacked by Fulani
Herdsmen
02/07 Herdsmen Are Now Threatening Staff And Students Of the University of
Ilorin
JUNE 2019
30/06 Protest in Ekiti as Fulani herdsmen kill hunter and rice farmer Emmanuel
Ilori, 68 at Orin Farm Settlement, Orin-‐Ekiti in Ekiti State
26/06 A policy by President Buhari to use public funds to set up Ruga farming settlements for herdsmen in 12 states has been rejected across the country
25/06 Fulani Herdsmen Accused Of Raping & Killing A Lady In Edo
24/06 Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) tasks MACBAN to expose criminal
Fulani herdsmen
19/06 Police Reveal How Herdsmen Use Cattle To Move Firearms
17/06 Over 200 armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen invaded predominantly Christian Ungwan Rimi Kamuru village, Kauru County. Kaduna state, killing a 9-year-‐old, Ashimile Danladi, and a 17-‐year-‐old, Samson David
17/06 Fulani herdsmen attacked Kikoba, a Christian village in Kauru LGA of Kaduna state: 93 houses belonging to Christians burned, and farm crops destroyed
17/06 Muslim Fulani herdsmen attack on Kangbro village, Plateau state: killed
25-‐year-‐old Gado Peter, Stephen Ziah, 60, and Adam Sabo, 65; a fourth Christian, Samson Audu Rivi, was receiving treatment for gunshots wounds; 2 church buildings -‐one Catholic, another of ECWA-‐ were burned alongside 185 houses; the entire Christian villagers who survived the attacks are now displaced”
17/06 Muslim Fulani herdsmen shot 6 Christians to death in the attack on
Nakai Danwal village, Plateau state; at least 54 houses were set on fire
17/06 Suspected Fulani Herdsmen kidnap Catholic Priest in Edo
17/06 Herdsmen entered villages outside of the Taraba state capital, Jalingo, shooting firearms that reportedly also killed 11 people in predominantly Christian villages, burning houses
14/06 Nigerians describe horrors of Fulani atrocities: ‘There is a genocide going on’
12/06 Suspected Fulani bandits rob commuters on Ife-‐Ibadan expressway, kill
Osun civil servant
10/06 Fulani herdsmen kidnap mom, son in Ondo
08/06 Jihadists have recruited heavily from Fulani pastoralists across West
Africa —Report
05/06 Former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, warned that the alleged plan of the Federal Government to Fulanise Nigeria would lead to crisis that could consume the country
MAY 2019
31/05 Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Cyriacus Kamai in a homily at Church of Assumption in Kona village: 51 Kona indigenes were killed across 11 villages during an alleged attack on Kona people by Fulani herdsmen last month, 8,494 people were displaced
30/05 Fulanisation and Islamisation: Another salvo from former President
Olusegun Obasanjo
29/05 Buhari Preparing Ground For Fulani Take Over Of Nigeria, Says Catholic
Bishop of Awka, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor
27/05 Fulanisation: Yoruba leaders back Obasanjo…Urge Buhari to stop pampering Fulani
27/05 Gunmen believed to be Fulani militants reportedly killed 6 members of of the Lo-‐Gwong Du family: 2 children, their parents and grandparents
27/05 Herdsmen remove pregnant lady’s womb after putting a stick in her private part
27/05 Northern Nigeria pastors’ fellowship known as the Arewa Christians and Indigenous Pastors Association (ACIPA), the Rev. Luke Shehu denounces the arrest of over 30 Christian women fruit and food vendors by soldiers around Tina junction in Jos after the attack of Fulani killing 30 Christians and destroying 20 houses; and that executive order by President Buhari revoking all firearms licenses beginning June 1 is a ploy to keep Christians and minority tribes unarmed in the face of the heavily armed Fulani militias and terrorists
26/05 The continuous Fulanisation and Northernisation of Nigeria
26/05 Gunmen suspected to be local Fulani Muslims killed 7 Christians as they made their way home from church services in Jos, Plateau state; 12 additional Christians wounded in the attacks; more than 12 houses burned
26/05 Shock As Fulani Herdsmen Storm Akoko Palace In Osun, Threaten To Kill
The King
25/05 Armed Fulani herders invaded and abducted a lady at Plateau State
Polytechnic
23/05 Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum cautioned the Federal Government not to proceed with its plan to set up a radio station for Fulani herdsmen, saying the move would become a weapon for spreading hateful propaganda against other nationalities
21/05 Abia Monarch Raises The Alarm Over Activities Of Fulani Herdsmen
21/05 Suspected Fulani herdsmen have allegedly killed a 35-‐year-‐old farmer,
Mr. Ariyo Aina, on his way to the farm at Ogga community, in Yagba West
Council of Kogi State.
20/05 Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen allegedly killed a farmer, Chief Albert Chikwe, the Ade of Abugba at his farm in Udo village, while another young man escaped with a bullet wound in Ubulu-‐uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State
20/05 20 Killed As Fulani Herdsmen Invade Ukpabi Nimbo Agrarian
Community, Uzo-‐Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State
20/05 Unidentified Muslims killed Moses Victor, a member of the Evangelical
Church Winning All (ECWA), in the Rikkos area of Jos, Plateau state
18/05 Farmer Ariyo Aina Kano from One Ogga Compound, Ogga, Yagba West LGA, Kogi State was killed by Fulani Herdsmen
15/05 Fulani herdsmen with machetes are said to have attacked Owa-‐Alero in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, hacking a woman working on her farm
11/05 Fulani Herdsmen attack farmers and shot dead a 49 year old farmer at
Foron district, Barkin-‐Ladi
08/05 Professor Olayinka Adegbehingbe: I Was Abducted By Fulani Herdsmen,
Paid N5m Ransom
06/05 Beginning of a one-‐month attack of Fulani herdsman against Jukun Kona Farmer at Yawai Abbare in Jalingo Local Government of Taraba State: 18 villages were attacked and burned down, 65 persons were killed and 9000 displaced, 15 Churches, two primary schools and a health care centre were also destroyed
06/05 Another invasion of Plateau State Polytechic by kidnapping Fulani
Herders
05/05 Another attack at Kpang village of Heipang, Plateau State: 2 locals killed
05/05 Fulani herdsmen invade Imo community, kill 1, injure another
03/05 Fulani herdsman shot 7-‐year-‐old Christian boy in Gwanje village, Nasarawa state, after a Baptist church member, uncle of the boy, tried to fight off an armed Muslim Fulani herdsman
03/05 Moses Ayuba, a 29-‐year-‐old member of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Gwanje was shot in his hand and waist by herdsmen who were invading the village
03/05 Herdsmen attacked Hukke and Rikwechongu villages, killing a Christian identified as 63-‐year-‐old Di Zere. His corpse was burnt, and his 10-‐year-‐old daughter sustained gunshot wounds
02/05 No fewer than six persons have been reportedly killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in some villages (Tambo, Murposa, Bankam and Wuro Hausa) in Girei Local Government
02/05 Suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen ambushed and killed a 26-‐year-‐old
Catholic David Musa around the stream west of Dong village near Jos
01/05 Herdsmen killed Audu Rivo as he made his way to his farm; another unidentified resident going home to Jebbu Miango was shot and was receiving treatment at Enos Hospital, Miango
APRIL 2019
29/04 Suspected Fulani herdsmen demolished structures that are being erected by Internationally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Ruku community of Gashish District, Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau State
28/04 Herdsmen ambushed Christians Emmanuel Ishaya and Jummai Ijah, who along with a 7-‐month-‐old baby identified only as Tabitha were wounded but survived, in Rotsu village
27/04 Fulani herdsmen killed Sunday Di and a Christian identified only as
Baram as they made their way home in Dong village
20/04 Fulani Herdsmen Kill 13 In Adamawa, 11 Feared Dead In Benue
18/04 Suspected Fulani militants raze community, kill 4 (two aged couple and their two granddaughters), injure 3 on Bolon town in Demsa local government of Adamawa State
15/04 Two Killed, Three Injured As Fulani Herdsmen Raid Community In Ekiti
State
14/04 No fewer than 17 persons who had gathered after a baby service dedication at Ruhaniya Baptist Church were gruesomely massacred and 8 wounded when suspected Fulani herders opened fire on them in Kochum-Numa village in Akwanga council area, Nasarawa state; victims killed: Ali
Nkene, 80; Gode Kako, 13; Afiniki Kako, 10; Matthew Emmanuel, 28; Tafiya
Baya, 17; Sarakuna Haruna, 21; Amos Julius, 60; Mary Amos, 40; Sunday
Adebayo John, 21; Talatu Mada, 40; Saratu Kabiru John, 21; Justina Barrau, 60;
Simon Anfani, 37; Kadon Sule, 20; Ayuba Bulus, 11; Haruna Bawa, 22; and the musician, Samame Andaha, 28; victims wounded: John Kabiru Ali, 32; Maikasuwa Engila, 30; Biyaya Engila, 60; Ayuba Maikano, 80; Juliana Clement,
47; Gode Tijani, 30; Nicholas Danzaria, 26; and Alkali Raba, 43
14/04 Herdsmen killed 2 people, Janah Dare and Dadi Ibrahim, in an ambush in Hura village
11/04 Suspected Fulani herdsmen in connivance with the Jukun militia attacked the Vaase and Jootar communities all in Ukum local government area of Benue state leaving at 25 people mostly farmers dead
10/04 Fulani Herdsmen Kill Four In Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government
Area of Delta State; photos
10/04 A Christian identified only as Emma from Ri-‐Do village was killed by
Fulani herdsmen
09/04 Salah Akpa, a Christian and head of Kigam village, was killed on his farm by Fulani herdsmen
03/04 Zamfara State Govt Says Some Fulani Responsible For Terror Attacks in the State
MARCH 2019
27/03 Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen allegedly ambushed and killed 3 farmers in Bagana community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State, victims: Samson Ajene, Adah Audu and Monday Ocho
25/03 Rev. Emmanuel Haruna of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) kidnapped at gunpoint outside his home on church premises in Gidan Ausa, Nasarawa state by suspected Fulani herdsmen
25/03 In Kaduna state, gunmen suspected Fulani herdsmen reportedly abducted the Rev. John Bako Shekwolo, priest of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Ankwa Kachia County
23/03 Suspected herdsmen have sacked Merte and Nendem villages in
Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa state, burning 27 houses
23/03 Suspected Fulani herders rape a 19-‐year-‐old Christian lady, Joy Danlam, to death in Andaha village area of Akwanga Local Government Area of the Nasarawa state; 16-‐year-‐old Patience Danlami, and 14-‐year-‐old son, Aboy
Danlami, escaped with gunshot and machete wounds
23/03 Fulani herdsmen attack Mante village, burning down 17 houses, and Nidan village, Nasarawa state, burning another 11 homes. They also burned two Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) buildings and two belonging to the Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ (ERCC) in the two villages; hundreds of
Christians displaced in the attacks have taken refuge in Akwanga town
20/03 Catholic priest, Reverend Father Clement Ugwu, kidnapped from his
Parish, St Mark Catholic Church, Obinofia Ndiuno in Ezeagu Local Government
Area of Enugu State, has been found dead
18/03 Nasarawa GovernorTanko Al-‐Makura calls on the Nigerian army to stem the rising tide of kidnappings in his state denouncing that “it is a highly sophisticated syndicate that is carried out by so many specialists: kidnappers are well-‐funded, as they have highly sophisticated weapons and operate from deep in remote, secret camps
16/03 Ten killed, 30 houses burnt in fresh attack by armed suspected Fulani herdsmen, in Nandu -‐Gbok village, Sanga local government area of Kaduna state
15/03 A cleric, Innocent Agiade, was held hostage alongside eight others, including two women; one of them, Pastor Meliorate Eboh, suffered a cardiac arrest and later died
14/03 At least 7 people escaped in injuries when suspected herdsmen carried out an attack in Rafiki and Dutse Kura communities of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State
12/03 Shocking Photos As Fulani Herdsmen Strikes In Kaduna, Kill Many
11/03 52 people, including women and children, killed and around 100 homes destroyed in attacks on Inkirimi and Dogonnoma villages in Maro, Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) by Fulani militia
11/03 Dozens of people were injured and 43 houses were burnt in an attack on Ungwan Gora village by Fulani militia
11/03 Fulani Herdsmen Attack Agagbe In Benue, Inflict Injuries
10/03 Ungwan Barde village in Kajuru suffered an attack by Fulani in which 17 people died, and dozens of homes were burnt
06/02 Armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen carried out attacks at Taavaan, in Mbadwem, Guma LGA of Benue State, killing many and leaving good number of persons injured
02/03 Suspected herdsmen killed 16 people and inflicted life-‐threatening injuries on several others in an attack on Agagbe community in Gwer Local Government Area of Benue State
02/03 Suspected Fulani armed men have attacked Sabon Sara Village in Kidandan community of Giwa Local Govt Area of Kaduna State killing 6 persons and leaving 8 wounded
FEBRUARY 2019
28/02 9 day old baby survived after alleged Fulani herdsmen killed her mother in Benue and left her father fighting for life
26/02 At Least 40 Christians Killed in Two Attacks in Kaduna State; around 40 homes were destroyed in attacks on the Karamai community in Maro, Kajuru
25/02 Group raises the alarm over plot by some Fulani to smuggle weapons into S’West
20/02 Hundreds of Christian women from Jagindi, in Jema’a County in Kaduna State, took to the streets of Jagindi and Godogodo towns to protest the killing of 12 Christians at a wedding reception in the Jagindi suburb of Ungwan Pa Gwandara on Dec. 16
20/02 Fulani herdsmen killed 16 persons in Ebete in Usha ward in Agatu Local
Government Area of Benue State
18/02 Agrarian community of Umumbo in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State has cried out to Governor Willie Obiano to rescue them from attacks by Fulani herdsmen in the area
18/02 Boy Brutally Macheted By Herdsmen While Harvesting Cashew Nuts
16/02 Judgment of the Community Court of Justice of the Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS) found the Nigerian Government
“in violation of their obligation to protect the human rights of the Agatu Community and prevent its violation”, orders him “to investigate the mass killings and destruction of properties in the alleged Agatu communities of Benue State, identify and prosecute the perpetrators and redress the victims”, and “to provide adequate security, deploymore security personnel to the area to protect the community to prevent further occurrences of that mayhem”
10/02 Ten people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in an attack on
Ungwan Barde
JANUARY 2019
27/01 “Fulani herdsmen sack whole communities, burn their houses, rape their women, slaughter human beings in the most barbaric and sadistic manner, and take over their land as an army of occupation“: Rev. Dr. Francis Ujunwa Simeon, General Overseer, Bible Wisdom Ministries International,
Okunola
02/01 Fulani herdsmen killed at least 14 people coming back from Churches, injured scores of others and burnt several houses in fresh attacks in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State; photos
01/01 Herdsmen set ablaze a rice farm belonging to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State at Gbajimba in Guma Local Government Area
2018 (245 attacks counted to the date)
DECEMBER 2018
24/12 Fulani herdsmen murdered Mr Iorwuese Myaga, a father of seven children, and member of the Universal Reformed Christian Church, on his farm where he went to harvest corn, in Tse Ikyem, Ukemberagya Gaamne-‐Tiev, in Logo LGA Benue State
17/12 10 hectare of cassava due for harvest allegedly set ablaze by suspected
Fulani herdsmen
16/12 12 Christians killed and 5 injured at a wedding reception by armed
Fulani herdsmen in the Jagindi suburb of Ungwan Pa Gwandara
15/12 8 travellers including two civil servants in the workforce of the Ondo State Government, have reportedly been kidnapped by suspected Fulani herdsmen
06/12 Fulani herdsmen killed nearly 1,700 people in 2018, says Global Terrorism Index report, six times more people than those killed by Boko Haram in 2018
04/12 Four workers of Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, abducted by suspected Fulani herdsmen
NOVEMBER 2018
07/11 Armed Fulani herdsmen kidnapped 5 Catholic priests at Abraka, in
Ethiope East County. The priests were later released
04/11 Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Attack Nasarawa Monarch
OCTOBER 2018
13/10 Confession Of A Fulani Killer Herdsman: How We Kill, Burn Houses
03/10 Suspected herdsmen shouting “Allah Akbar” killed 18 persons and injured four others during an attack on Ariri community in Bassa Local
Government Area
02/10 13 people killed following an attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen in
Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau state
01/10 Fulani Gunmen Attack Another Plateau Town, Kill Many, Burn Down Churches
SEPTEMBER 2018
27/09 15 people killed and 5 injured: out of them, 10 members of the same family in a residential neighbourhood of Rukuba Road, in the southwestern outskirts of Jos, Plateau state. Attackers “wearing black clothes spoke Hausa and Fulani, while the others wearing army uniforms spoke correct English”
25/09 Riyom LGA of Plateau State witnessed another armed invasion perpetrated by armed Fulani herdsmen: one shot dead and another with fatal injuries
16/09 At least 27 people lost their lives following fresh attacks by Fulani militants on five predominantly Christian communities (Gon, Bolki, Ndumusu, Yotti and Yanga), in Numan local government area (LGA), Adamawa state in re
