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By Masara Kim
(Jos) Thousands of Christians have fled their homes following a surge in terror attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria, leading to urgent calls for U.S. intervention.
As of April 3, more than 50 people have been killed in just ten days in farming areas south of Jos, the state capital, according to tribal leaders. Gov. Caleb Mutfwang has labeled the attacks as genocidal, pressing for self-defense amidst claims of military inaction.
On April 2nd alone, more than 30 people lost their lives during a raid of five villages located 50-60 miles south of Jos, TruthNigeria has learned. Police and army officials are not speaking to the press.
Witnesses allege soldiers from Operation Safe Haven, a joint military-police task force, were overpowered during the initial invasion and arrived late during subsequent attacks.
“We urge the international community—including the United States, United Nations, and African Union—to pressure Nigerian authorities to take decisive actions to end the violence and protect Christians and other religious minorities from radical Islamists seeking to impose a caliphate in Nigeria,” wrote Farmasum Fuddang, the leader of a local development association.
“The peaceful and hospitable people of our local government area are under threat from terrorists who seek to seize our land and impose a caliphate,” wrote Fuddang in a statement.
“This agenda must be stopped, and their senseless bloodletting must be confronted by all possible means,” wrote Fuddang, the Chairman of Bokkos Cultural Development Council (BCDC) Vanguard.
According to Fuddang, terrorists speaking the Fulani dialect embarked on a bloody campaign in five villages across the Bokkos county [Local Government Area] on April 2nd, killing dozens just days after killing 15 in the area.
“Survivors reported that the attackers, speaking the Fulani dialect, launched a brazen assault in broad daylight around noon in Mangor Tamiso, in Central Plateau State 40 miles south of Jos, then moved to Daffo, Manguna (Tagai), and invaded Hurti and Tadai,” wrote Fuddang, reiterating calls for self-defense.
Related Terror Developments
Trust between citizenry and military authorities has been tested amid refusal of the military to acknowledge a sprawling hidden hostage camp in Rijanna Forest, 35 miles south of Kaduna City. TruthNigeria has debriefed a second wave of 25 hostages who came out of the camp on April 2 after relatives paid ransoms.
Survivors included a four-month-old infant and some adults near death due to starvation since capture in Kauru County on Dec. 2, 2024.
Terrorist kidnappings have sprouted across several states of Nigeria’s Southwest and Southeast regions in recent weeks even before the tragic murder of 16 Hausa travelers in Edo State on Thursday, March 28, 2025.
Read more in-depth reporting about these terror incidents read the full story here.
Masara Kim is an award-winning conflict reporter in Jos and a senior editor at TruthNigeria.
