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Unknown gunmen suspected to be fulani herdsmen have killed a Catholic priest in Benue state.

The catholic clergy who is an indigenous Catholic Priest of Tyoshin and current Priest in Charge of St. Theresa’s Catholic Parish Jimba was today shot and killed at the spot along Makurdi – Naka road.

Trendiwiki learned that the priest identified as Rev. Fr. Solomon Atongu, was killed while returning to his duty station.

It is reported that, the Rev. Fr. Solomon Atongu, was in company of two occupants, whose identities are yet known.

After shooting and thinking they have killed him, the suspected herdsmen abducted the remaining persons to an unknown destination.

As at the time of this report, the news about their whereabouts is yet heard.

Source: https://trendiwiki.com/life-of-catholic-priest-solomon-atongu-ended-by-herdsmen-in-benue/

This is just sad! 😰

Tinubu will handle the economy while Shettima will handle security. To the people of Benue State, I see you all adopting #Back to Bourdillon mantra come 2027

See the way the man was murdered, why are they always after the priest.

Too bad

Aonkuuse:
Source: https://trendiwiki.com/life-of-catholic-priest-solomon-atongu-ended-by-herdsmen-in-benue/

what do herders want with catholic priests

The Rev father governor is busy changing name of Benue state University to another name while Fulani cause ravock

The bright red colour of the blood indicates that a major artery was hit. Except the entry hole of the bullet gets quickly packed and sealed to stem blood loss, such injuries kill in minutes.

Now let me begin to point out the deliberate incompetence of both the state and federal governments and security agencies.

1. Naka road where this attack happened, is a road that has consistently been plaqued by marauding Fulani killers. The road is in utter state of disrepair and has remained so since the 90s. Thick vegetation surrounds that road for miles. The Fulani emerge from the bush, strike and then retreat. No week passes without Fulani killing people on that road. Up to this moment, two Benue links buses full of passengers, had the occupants kidnapped by the same Fulani and nothing has been done. This incidents happened less than a month ago.

2. Two Nigerian army check points are on that road. The police have a check point on that road too. These check points are primarily used to collect money from drivers. Once you approach any of the army check points, the driver of the vehicle MUST alight, walk to an area beside the checking point and drop 200 naira into a bowl the soldiers have set up for that purpose. The soldiers merely sit under a tree close to the check point and observe.

3. Makurdi is headquarters to the largest command of the Nigerian air force. This is where most of our fighter jets are based. While this airforce base is not home to airforce helicopters, the base can serve as a quick staging area for helicopters that can be brought in for surveillance.

4. About helicopters, with all the noise successive Benue state governments have been making regarding the Fulani killings, not one governor has bothered to procure a helicopter that can be quickly deployed to search for the Fulani camps that undoubtedly exist in the thick forests around the Makurdi-Naka road.

5. Infrared/night vision capable cameras are a thing some helicopters carry now. If the federal government won't mandate the airforce to use it's combat helicopters equipped with night vision cameras to search for Fulani camps in the forests, nothing stops the Benue state government from buying a couple of the civilian helicopters that can be used for such.

6. The Fulani build make shift camps deep in forests. Everyone generates body heat. Against the contrast that vegetation provides, this heat a human being generates can be picked up by infra red cameras on a helicopter. A helicopter on patrol that picks up a settlement in the thick forest with its IR cameras can easily geo-locate that location for Nigerian army paratroopers who are based in north bank, Makurdi to swoop down and investigate.

Heat in the forest is likely human activity. The Fulani killers have to use fire to cook after all.

Tackling the Fulani menace is not rocket science. Technology exists that can make sure these guys don't have a place to hide. All round incompetence in Nigeria's security architecture and the lack of the political will is what makes these killings continue.

The heading and the content is confusing....what kind of reportage is this,,,

Why are the priests

This is bad,real bad...

Aonkuuse:
Source: https://trendiwiki.com/life-of-catholic-priest-solomon-atongu-ended-by-herdsmen-in-benue/

Menace of these killers is really unbearable.

This is not about president rather about the ideology one came with. To be honest with you guys I personally will take the matter to their door step. I personally will join suit to fight this insurgence. I personally will submit my presidential mantle and join the joint task force to eliminate this criminals. I personally will engage with separatist, Militants, head to head to spear the nation forward. If you head any of this aforementioned under my watch I will get you and I will eliminate you. Isreal assault will be tips of eyes berge to the annihilation they will see. I will ensure that nothing from the north , west, east and south goes un-noticed. I will sign death sentence to corrupt politician, police men and military personnel.
To the human harvester (death sentence or life imprisonment)
To the human trafficker(death sentence with immediate effect)
To the drug peddlers(life imprisonment without bail option, any defense lawyer that applies for lenancy will have their statues in the country strip off except forieng based)
To the fraudulent individual ( 20 years imprisonment if international, whislt locally death sentence with immediate effect)
To the criminals((death sentence with immediate effect)
To the cultist(20 years imprisonment with no option of bail, any trace of evidence additional 10 years)
To the corrupt public officers of any apparatus (death sentence with immediate effect)
To the Sex workers without proper licence (10 years imprisonment bail option 10million)
To the touts( either choose rehab or go to jail)
Bandits, terrorism, Militants, separatist group (death sentence with no option of bail* separatist group will be given option of jail term maximum 50 years or minimum 30years option of bail 200 million)

Benue state again

APC is clear representation of the wrongs and ills of Nigeria. Anything APC touches turns into ruins.

Since 2015 Nigeria has remained a shadow of it former self.

Chai... Dead and gone. They kill Ur fathers, r@pe and butcher Ur mother's and daughters/ sisters, now they're murdng Ur spiritual leaders. When will U move U slumbering lords All is not well with Benue

Over to U paper Benue warriors

Why Benue state? What do these people really want from benue state?

How are these armed herdsmen different from unknown gunmen from the East ?
Why have they not formally designated these armed herdsmen as terrorists , just like how IPOB was designated as one ?

Urgent call for prayers or urgent call for retaliation?

Religion is truly the opium of the masses and kills man's ability to make a decisive decision. But is the country Israel not worshipping the same God as we do how come they make quick decisions on their enemies but ours is leaving it for God through prayers 😡😡

Where's that guy using police to arrest bloggers that insults pastors? Herdsmen are killing priests every week and they won't say anything.
Misplaced priority

Benuej0sh what is happening in your state?

This is their strategy against christians
They started it in kaduna
Now Benue

Apc and killer herdsmen are trying to eliminate christianity in Nigeria

There's a group of extremists who are determined to crush Christianity in the North and middle belt, particularly Benue, Kogi, Kaduna and gradually moving to the South West.

I hope Christians take proper precautions because these people mean business and the security agencies have failed woefully in curtailing them.

Boko Haram and ISWAP are everywhere in Nigeria now, don't let anyone deceive you. Protect yourselves, by any means.

Oh my God!

We keep praying for his (the Padre) quick recovery

Some foolish folks and some useless politicians will never say anything about this. See how the life of Christians are being waisted by this moderous fulani and no one is saying anything.. I'd it happe s the other way ,the Internet would have been on fire..

Shameful that about 210 million non Fulani in Nigeria have allowed the less than 10 million Fulani in Nigeria to kill them and about to take over the whole of Nigeria

How did we get here in the first place?

No wonder the governor wan decamp