BREAKING: Fulani Herdsmen Kill Over 1,000 Christians, Destroys Lot Of Houses & Churches In Kaduna

The Catholic Archdiocese of Kafanchan alleged yesterday that the latest attacks in southern Kaduna State had claimed the lives of over 1,000 people with more than a hundred injured.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has described the attackers as foreign Fulani herdsmen, who were avenging past attacks on them and their livestock.

Addressing a news conference in Kafanchan, the Vicar General of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kafanchan, Ibrahim Yakubu, said the government failed to protect locals.

Yakubu, who addressed reporters along with four other priests, said four local government areas had been attacked with a thousand people killed and 1,422 houses, 16 churches, 19 shops, and one primary school destroyed.