A pastor has been attacked by Fulani herdsmen in
Nigeria – just the latest in a line of violent assaults
suffered by Christians in the middle belt of the country.
Ibrahim Maisaje, a pastor at the Evangelical Church
Winning All (ECWA), visited his family farm in the
village of Panwasa Mada on 26 June. According to a
report from World Watch Monitor, he then saw cattle
eating his crops.
Upon approaching herdsman, he was slashed with a
machete. Fortunately, he was eventually able to
overpower the man. The Fulani herdsman and his
brother, who owned the cattle, were arrested.
'The father to the two boys accepted the damages and
pleaded with me for settlement between me and him,'
Maisaje told World Watch Monitor. 'It took the grace of
God upon me to forgive the Fulani man for what his
children had done to me and my crops.'
Fulani herdsmen are being driven away from the Sahara
region by increasing desertification, but that means they
often encroach onto land owned by Christian farmers.
Nigeria is broadly split between a Christian south and a
Muslim north and there have been frequent violent
attacks in the border regions. Last year a pastor in a
neighbouring state was hacked to death by herdsmen
as he collected wood.


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