Posted on 03/07/2023 5:50:30 PM PST by marshmallow
Father Ihyula said that the staff at the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi working at Agagbe camp face the danger of attacks every day and that all of them are living with trauma after witnessing many killings.
Dozens of people reportedly were murdered in post-election attacks on villages in Nigeria’s Benue State Wednesday, according to a diocesan official.
In an exclusive interview with ACI Africa Friday, Father Remigius Ihyula, the director of Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, described the violence. He said that staff members at the diocese have been evacuated by the military.
During the attacks, Fulani men armed with military gear descended on the Benue State capital, Makurdi, Father Ihyula said.
“We keep wondering how ordinary herders can lay their hands on military gear. The only possible scenario is that they are getting help from the authorities,” the priest speculated. The vast majority of the Fulani tribes are Muslims, while the majority of victims are Christian.
Father Ihyula said that his colleagues were helping to resettle villagers that had been displaced from their homes by armed herdsmen on separate dates between Feb. 23 and March 1.
“As I speak to you, there are ongoing attacks in several places. An eyewitness called me on the day of the elections [Feb. 25] informing me that people were being slaughtered in Tyopav village. Then more attacks were reported from Anwase village. The reports of attacks kept coming,” the Nigerian priest said.
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Correct me if I am wrong. Isn’t that where Stacy Abrams went to observe election integrity?
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Horrible. Prayers up.
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