“Some of the attacked villages, like Kigam and Unguwan Magaji have been attacked at least three times in the past six years with mass graves where scores were buried standing as a testimony of what we are saying. Not a single church or school is left standing. Not a single herdsman has been apprehended all these years. It is unfortunate that while Kaduna State government and the Federal Government is playing blind to it, the larger world, especially the western media do not believe that our lives are worth any news.”
Indeed. Because it doesn’t fit the standard media paradigm, in which Muslims are always and in every case victims. Where they cannot be portrayed as such, the establishment media simply goes silent.
“Fulani Terrorists Murder 22 Unarmed Farmers in Kaduna State, Nigeria,” by Luka Binniyat, Epoch Times, August 4, 2021 (thanks to Henry):
KADUNA – Having mowed down large swaths of ripe crops in the predawn of Aug. 3, armed assailants stormed into four villages in Southern Kaduna state, central Nigeria, killing 22 and burning down 134 houses, according to Kaduna State Police.
Kaduna State shares a border with Plateau State to its east. The area inhabited by the Chawai Chiefdom is approximately 140 miles east of Kaduna, the capital city of Kaduna state.
“These attacks are likely a spillover of the violence from neighboring Bassa LGA [Local Government Area] of Plateau state,” Kaduna State Police Command Spokesman (ASP) Mohammed Jalige told The Epoch Times in Kaduna Tuesday afternoon.
“This is sad. I have asked my counterpart in Plateau state to furnish me with what happened in Bassa LGA to help us reach an understanding of what happened in Chawai, in this part of Kaduna state. But our men are on ground and the situation is now under control,” he said.
“These attacks in both Kaduna and Plateau State are not random, nor are the fresh targets of Fulani militants,” said Kyle Abts, co-founder of the International Committee on Nigeria (ICON).
“Each village has been attacked in recent weeks, months and years. The security forces and government have to know that this is a systematic onslaught by these marauders who are endeavoring to destroy not only homes, communities and farmlands, but most importantly lives,” wrote Abts in a message to The Epoch Times.
The Irigwe people of Miango District, Bassa LGA of Plateau state, which shares a hilly border with Chawai Chiefdom, suffered a series of deadly attacks in the past three days, after several hectares of their farmlands were destroyed by those alleged in the Nigerian media to be armed herdsmen.
The President of Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU), Hon. Jonathan Asake—a former member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives—who leads the umbrella body of the 67 ethnic nationalities of Southern Kaduna, told The Epoch Times in an exclusive chat on the afternoon of Aug. 3, that 27 persons were killed, hundreds of homes burnt, and scores of hectares of farms bearing different types of grains and root crops destroyed by the attackers last night.
“SOKAPU has continuously insisted that there is an ongoing genocide in Southern Kaduna targeted at the indigenous Christians population and the aim is to force or intimidate us to abandon our faith or leave our ancestral lands for the armed herdsmen,” he said.
“Some of the attacked villages, like Kigam and Unguwan Magaji have been attacked at least three times in the past six years with mass graves where scores were buried standing as a testimony of what we are saying. Not a single church or school is left standing. Not a single herdsman has been apprehended all these years,” he said.
“It is unfortunate that while Kaduna State government and the Federal Government is playing blind to it, the larger world, especially the western media do not believe that our lives are worth any news,” he lamented…
Buraq says
I have endless sympathy for the victims of these jihadi attacks, but ………. the word ‘unarmed’ in the text puzzles and irritates me. Why don’t these Christian farmers arm themselves? I would love to see headlines where Fulani jihadists descend on a Christian village, but surprise, surprise, get wiped out!
Michael Copeland says
They are too poor.
Otis says
Buraq,the situation in Nigeria has reached appoint of no reverse.The indigenous tribes of Nigeria have realized that there’s a systematic genocide going on in the country and are now calling for the UK to help partition Nigeria.What prompted this was the abduction of Mazi Mmnadi Kanu in Nairobi Kenya by Islamic thugs working for Buhari without even informing the Kenyan government.Mr Kanu is a thorn to Nigerian jihadist government since he’s a freedom fighter for tribes agitating to form a new country Biafra.Biafran youths have realized that if the status quo remains, they are the biggest losers since Biafra is full of talents.The youths are now warning elders some of which are collaboratig with the jihadist government that they risk dire consequences if they continue to thwart their activities.Mr Kanu is being held by Department of State Services (DSS) of Nigeria.As things stand now, Biafrans have decided to use diplomacy for a while if it fails, their leaders have vowed to face that jihadist government head on.
gravenimage says
Otis, thanks for that information. That Interpol was behind Kanu’s arrest and extradition to Nigria is utterly appalling. This is not the first time that Interpol has acted to protect Jihadists or for Shari’ah states, though.
“Interpol to drop arrest warrant for ‘Palestinian’ jihad murderer Ahlam al-Tamimi”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/03/interpol-to-drop-arrest-warrant-for-palestinian-jihad-murderer-ahlam-al-tamimi
gravenimage says
In addition, the Muslim PM is largely supporting this Jihad. If Christians *do* arm, they can expect the full force of the Nigerian army to come down on them.
gravenimage says
Nigeria: Muslims murder 22 unarmed farmers, ‘Western media do not believe that our lives are worth any news’
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With just a few occasional exceptions, this is grimly true.
Prince Eugene says
The “herdsmen” euphemism used by Kaduna State and the federal Nigerian government again and again, over and over, is extremely annoying for its blatant obfuscation of the identity of psychopathic rapists and murderers of Christians. Let the international community know the situation in Nigeria. Christians are the victims of on-going genocide. Stop hiding the reason for this bloodshed by referring to the army of perpetrators by their common vocation. The pertinent identity of the killers is THEY ARE ALL MUSLIMS.
Liz says
Many thanks to the local boots on the ground reporters like Luka Binniyat, who was imprisoned for speaking out against the government while murders and rapists go free, for covering the slavery and Silent Slaughter in Nigeria.
I am thankful Epoch is printing his writing along with other brave Nigerian journalists. Thank you Robert Spencer for sharing this out to your audience too.