Attacks against Christians in Nigeria
continue, particularly at the hands of Fulani herdsmen. On 2 August, according
to local media, at least 30 people were killed in north-eastern Nigeria in the
Christian-dominated Demsa area of Adamawa State in an attack on the village of
Kodomun and others nearby.
“The attackers invaded the community…killed
17 men and set all houses ablaze,” a source reported.
“The neighbouring
Christian communities are advancing towards Kodomun to face the Fulani herdsmen
because security forces have failed to protect the community. Women and
children are fleeing the area and the tension lingers.”
According to Punch, there was criticism
of Adamawa State police commissioner, Mohammed Ghazzali, after he said no lives
had been lost in the attacks.
He defended his decision not to deploy security
forces to the area:
“My men were on the ground. We would not risk our men to be
there, just to give security to one side so that the other side would not think
we have taken sides... There are two different groups involved in these
clashes: the herdsmen and the farmers. And we have to be very careful in
handling such type of communal clashes.”
Meanwhile, there were reports of another attack
on 1 August in the Jema area of Kaduna State.
According to Daily Trust newspaper, 11 people were killed in three villages around Godogo town, 250km south of Kaduna town.
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