Top Right: Clerics caring for IDPs at a camp in Pankshin Diocese, following the Christmas 2023 massacre in Bokkos, Plateau State. Bottom Right: Jalang Mandong, who lost relatives in the attacks.
destroying their harvest and other food products. Eyewitnesses have also confirmed that the extremists burnt down a number of farms and food barns, exacerbating an already severe food shortage in the area. Father Dewan stressed that the terrorists targeted Christian communities specifically and chose to strike on Christmas Eve, when most people were at home. Therefore, he said that he finds the narrative presenting the massacre – and other similar atrocities committed by Fulani militias against Christian villagers – as merely a conflict over land between herders and farmers “ludicrous.”
Sources: Amy Balog, “No justice for 300 people massacred on Christmas Eve,” ACN (UK) News, 18 th January 2024 https://acnuk.org/news/nigeria-no-justice-for-300-people- massacred-on-christmas-eve [accessed 12/06/24]. Amy Balog, “Survivors of Nigerian Christmas Eve massacre still sheltering at Catholic church," The Catholic Herald, 24 th January 2024 https://catholicherald.co.uk/survivors-of-nigerian- christmas-eve-massacre-still-sheltering-at-catholic-church- awaiting-justice-that-likely-wont-come [accessed 12/06/24].
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