Sleeping Villagers killed at Dawn by Islamist Militants
Video submission by Samuel Okpe, Jos (Caution: Disturbing images)
Scores Slain in Jos Reprisal Attack
Gunmen—suspected Muslim jihadists—attacked Dogon Nahowa village late Monday night. They mowed down men, women, and children as they slept. Bloody machete carnage followed. Homes burned. Bodies torched with them.
Residents woke to rapid gunfire. This atrocity was a reprisal attack over the January religious clashes. Victims faced machete and cutlass brutality. Then their attackers melted into the night.
“They Lured Us Out”
Villager Peter Jang recalled:
“They shot to force people outside, then used machetes to slaughter them.”
Nearby villages—Shen and Fan—faced similar horrors. A Fulani herdsman link also emerged. Some claim herders attacked in anger over poisoned cattle.
Leaders Demand Justice
Commissioner Gregory Yenlong demanded the arrest of journalist Saleh Bayare, accused of inciting violence at a Kaduna press conference.
At the hospital, survivors arrived with severe machete wounds. Disturbingly, children were found beheaded in their beds.
Traditional ruler Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Jacob Buba Gyang, described the incident as “inhumanity.” He urged faith and vowed justice, warning villagers not to seek revenge. Yenlong called it ethnic cleansing of the Berom people.
Violence Born of History and Hurt
This is far from the first blood in Jos. Over 300 have died this year in religious violence.
Plateau State is ground zero for festering tension—Christian south, Muslim north. The 2010 riots claimed over 300 lives—poor communities, radical theology, and shrinking land scars fuel unrest.
Governor Jonah Jang, a Berom Christian, fears Muslim radicals from Niger, Chad, Libya, and Saudi Arabia aim to impose Sharia and seize power. He believes Jos stands as the final bastion of Christianity in Nigeria’s north.
How Did It Escalate?
The religious zeal of the Muslim north has grown radicalized. Foreign influence spreads extremist ideology. Meanwhile, southern migrants living peacefully in Jos are not targeted, but northern Muslims are viewed with suspicion.
Weapons flow unchecked in militia circles. And the government in Abuja remains distracted. President Yar’Adua’s absence triggered political instability. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan now runs the country. But the power shift heightened fear.
Amid this chaos, even a four-day-old infant was killed.
A Call to Action
These attacks undercut Nigeria’s fragile balance. They destroy families, burn homes, and sow terror.
Feelnubia calls on every Nigerian—and global citizen—to condemn this violence. Demand accountability. Support displaced communities. Pray for peace. Nigeria deserves better.
More pictures @ http://www.anglicandioceseofjos.org/dogo.html
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“What Are We Going to Do? Stay Silent Like Nigeria’s Pastors?”
That powerful question was the caption under two heart-wrenching photos. I won’t apologize for publishing them. I won’t sugarcoat the pain to protect your comfort.
These are the brutal realities of our world. While we sip coffee in climate-controlled homes and argue about the weather, millions live in terror. In just the last month, three massive earthquakes struck — the most recent in Chile was the third most powerful in recorded history. And while nature unleashes fury, humans are killing each other simply for professing Christianity.
In Nigeria’s Middle Belt, the ground runs red with blood. Religious fervor has morphed into madness. Communities are engulfed by cycles of sectarian killings, and the world barely notices. These people — men, women, children — were created by the same loving God. But their deaths won’t trend on Twitter. They won’t interrupt the evening news in the West.
Why? Because the West has nothing to lose by staying silent. And silence, in the face of evil, is complicity.
Nigeria Is Crying Out
We have a dying president, an ailing economy, a crippled legislature, and a religious crisis that’s turning neighbour against neighbour. It’s all happening at once — and it’s tearing Nigeria apart.
We don’t need more weapons. We need voices. We need pressure. We need action.
If you’re a praying person, Nigeria desperately needs your prayers now. But more than that, Nigeria needs you to speak out. Because if we don’t, we become willing participants in the violence. The pain of Rwanda is not some ancient horror — it happened within our lifetimes. Do we want another genocide on our conscience?
Will You Be Part of the Solution?
Let’s be clear: this violence is not accidental. It is fueled by hatred and blindness. It doesn’t see an innocent child or a mother clutching her baby. It only sees a target.
If you want to make a difference, start now:
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Share this article.
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Post it to Twitter, Facebook, or your blog.
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Start a conversation.
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Raise a prayer.
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Refuse to look away.
One voice becomes a hundred. A hundred becomes a thousand. And before long, the world can no longer ignore what’s happening in Nigeria.
Because we cannot afford another Rwanda.
✍🏾 “The Journeyman” by Joseph Thompson
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