Southern Kaduna: Herdsmen kill 100 people in six days, houses, valuables destroyed

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), has lamented that suspected armed Fulani herdsmen have killed not less than 100 Atyap natives in the last six days.

They said about 24 villages were also burnt and hundreds of hectares of farmland bearing growing food crops destroyed.

The spokesman of SOKAPU, Luka Binniyat, in a statement said, “For the 6th day running, armed gunmen, identified as Fulani herdsmen by victims, laid siege to several communities in Atyap land, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area (LGA) of Southern Kaduna and left no less than 33 people dead in an ongoing genocide and land grabbing in which 108 Southern Kaduna communities have been displaced and taken over by them since 2019.”

He explained that in the latest orgy of bloodshed, the invaders stormed Magamiya village in the night around 11pm and attacked the family compound of the traditional ruler of Atyap Chiefdom, Agwatyap of Atyap Chiefdom, Sir Dominic Yahaya and other households were looted of valuables and foodstuffs into waited Hilux before setting the buildings on fire, while a 70- year old traditional ruler, Mr Toma Tauna was killed.

The statement further explained that the same assailants attacked Matyei village and 156 homes were all burnt, the Catholic Church in Matei and its pastorium were also burnt, the Catchiest, simply known as Catchiest Yau, and an infant, were killed in the attack, while six (6) other persons were killed in the violence that lasted for over an hour.

The statement stated that the armed Fulani herdsmen then went down to Abuyab Community about 500 metres away and burnt down ECWA church, the home of Former ECOMOG Field Commander, Maj. Gen. Shekari Billyok (rtd) and other homes, adding that their attempt to attack Runji Community was repelled by villagers who got reinforcement elsewhere.

According to the statement, as they retreated, they attempted to destroy part of the main bridge linking the communities with Zangon Kataf town and other Atyap Communities.

It said the same armed herdsmen came in Hilux vans and attacked the Atyap of Makarau and Kachechere Communities leaving 10 people confirmed dead, 12 houses burned after looting them, stressing that the ECWA Church and the Anglican Church pastoriums that serves the communities were set ablaze.

It said in a nutshell, “20 Atyap natives were killed by attackers (who all the villagers that saw them) identified as armed herdsmen between afternoon and today’s morning, Tuesday, 13 July, 2021.”

The statement explained that “in the past 6 days, at least 33 Atyap natives of Zangon Kataf Area were massacred, 4 churches and 215 homes burnt by assailants always identified as armed herdsmen in a genocidal campaign that became so intensive since 2016.”

SOKAPU condemned what it described as “this wicked act and the complicit silence and inaction of government from taking steps to bringing the perpetrators and their leaders to justice”.

The statement said the Atyap people have been consistent in accusing the Hausa settlers of Zangon Kataf semi urban town of harbouring killer herdsmen, lamenting that yet no authority has done anything about it.

SOKAPU called for humanitarian assistance for the thousands of displaced Atyap women and children who are still moving away from several villages to various places around Samaru Kataf, Zonkwa and environs.

SOKAPU also called on NEMA and SEMA to provide immediate relieve materials to the displaced persons.

It called on the Nigerian Human Rights Commission, Amnesty Internationals, the United Nations and all relevant international organizations, to mount pressure on the Federal Government and the Kaduna State Governments to stop the genocide in Atyap land and bring the culprits to justice.

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Well according to their Governor Commander, they are conducting some form of business while IPOB are more dangerous. They are in the business of destruction of lives and properties

Nnamdi KANU and Sunday igboho,are the targets that should be eradicated, because the Fulani terrorists are occupying the the seats of the federal government of Nigeria.

Very brutal attack .. they come by 11pm and war till 4.am

Visited Zango yesterday with grandma..

ATYAP Chief personal House was burnt down.. not the palace ..

ATYAP youths are really angry with their king.. on why Fulani always attack Zango..

Meanwhile Jabar.. kadara.. Bujju adara.. are never attacked .. cos of their juju..
Anytime Fulani visit .. they see ocean instead of land..

The war has been going on for years .. even before 91’ kataf under Likwot dealt with Fulani and drove them off kataf land..

Fulani have continue warring against them.. and have peaked since Buhari came to power with elrufia.

Southern Kaduna need your prayers.....
And also support

And Christian Churches in the South will move on like nothing happened. Where then is the brotherhood? Where are our mega pastors and Bishops to organize a massive protest against this terrorist government who are sponsoring the on-going genocide? Christianity where is your brotherliness?
Meanwhile, Samuel Aruwan the spokesman of the devilish governor should resign his position if he cannot face the governor face to face and call him out?

Yet NO ONE has been either arrested, prosecuted or tried for these crimes going for almost six solid years now! Just talks and more talks from the very compromised government..... All we hear is how the president is "shocked" and how the airforce eliminated the insurgents without any proof! Almost 50 people get killed everyday! In Buharis Nigeria..

This Zango-Kataf killings started way back during the Babangidas administration! There was a huge uproar when he set up a tribunal that nearly killed Zamani Lekwot, then then leader of the Katafs, himself a former military officer after the fulanis tried overunning the Southern Kaduna areas.... This shows you that all these are grand plans that dates back to ages and that all of them including Babangida, Abdul salami and Atiku, are tarcitly in support of this makavelian tactics..

Chaiii, they want to wipe atyap people out. Atyap people should relocate to the South ( I hope they are christians) or form armed resistance against these insurgents

This is happening...yet no single police or soldier stopping them.

People are dying everyday.. Buhari nd his so-called "inteligence community" are busy tracking Igboho. Is Igboho our problem?

Look at terrorists killing everyday.

100 people killed by the same people. How do you explain this? Oh let’s focus on Igboho and Nnamdi.
Nigeria stinks of hypocrisy and foolishness .

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This is actually very inhumane,this is 21st century, let's folks learn to put all these differences aside and embrace the beauties of this world the very short time we are here

RIP to the dead!

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U can't b chasing rats when ur house on fire,
Who are mine to say anything their governor said they are just doing their business

This is ongoing ethnic cleansing

They should keep it up,their patron is behind them

Well done Buhari

He Don set again..

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Let's not draw into conclusions too quickly, the news might be fake.

ECWA Church and the Anglican Church pastoriums that serves the communities were set ablaze

It's obviously an attack against Christianity

If you are a southerner and you don't believe in the Fulani invasion of Nigeria and the the fulani agenda then you are a big fool. I see alot of too know educated southerners calling the Fulani hegemony a conspiracy theory. Unfortunately, the southerners don't have any agenda and we're trying to be liberal with the North with demonic agendas. The plot is to eliminate the last Christian standing in the North and then invade the south with full force. Buhari has set the ball rolling for the Fulani to complete the agenda and I can guarantee you that it will be difficult for his successors to stop the agenda even 20 years after Buhari is gone. As far as Buhari's mission to Nigeria is concerned, Buhari has a 99% grade score.
To my hausa brothers, you have sold your birthright, your freedom and your land to the fulanis in the name of religion. I urge the Yoruba Muslims not to fall for the religion deception. Remember that when the fulani took over the North from the hausas who were supposed to be their Muslim brothers, they didn't give them any seat on the table of discuss and that's why in the North today, the chief imam, the Emir, the governors and most of the senators are Fulanis! So, where are the hausas?? The hausas are the ones loading cement into Dangote trucks, shoe cobblers on your streets and soak-away diggers in your communities. The fulanis have ceased all the top positions that were originally meant for the hausas and rendered them their modern slaves. You will ask me how many hausas are in Buhari's appointment?? It's a fulani government but it's fine, I can't cry for the hausas if they can't cry for themselves. This tells you that this situation is beyond religion, it's an invasion covered in religion. Southerners think! Think! Think!

I pity Christian communities on the North if the South leaves.
They will be overrun in one day by the jihadists.


But God will punish the killers and there sponsors.

This is tragic yet the government focuses on mundane issues

United North is just for the benefit of the Descendants of Osama Dan Fordio.

North Central states, Una mumu never do??


After Southern Kaduna, they would enter Northern Benue. All in the North.

United North is a scam!

Gov. Ortom knows this.

.... Yet these attackers can never be arrested and brought to book.

But Nigerian government really want to deal with Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu just for speaking up against ill-treatment meted on their people.

I tell you they keep targeting Christians... By d time Christians will realise I pray It won't be 2 late

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Next news pls

The vulture meat seller won't see this to comment on, anyways who takes that one serious nowadays?

Soon his BMCship would be terminated due to his irrelevance.

The people commiting these atrocities should fear God. In life, what goes round comes around.