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Over 100 Christians Killed, Six Churches Ransacked in Nigeria in Two Weeks: Intersociety Report

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Barely two weeks following U.S. President Donald Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), persecution of Christians in the West African nation continued unabated, according to the latest report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety).

According to Intersociety, 101 Christians in Nigeria, including four Clerics, were killed by Islamists between October 28 and November 11.

In the same period, 114 Christians were kidnapped; six churches were also ransacked by different jihadist groups across Nigeria in the two weeks.

In the report shared with ACI Africa on Monday, November 17, Intersociety paints a grim picture for Christians in Nigeria.

“There is no end in sight in the coordinated attacks against Nigeria’s defenseless Christians,” researchers at Intersociety say in their report.

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They add, “The egregious attacks carried out mostly by Jihadist Fulani Militants in the past fourteen days of Oct 28 to Nov 11, 2025 have resulted to the abduction and killing of no fewer than eight Christian clerics and sacking of several ancestral homes and lands belonging to defenseless Christian population.”

 Noting that most attacks happened in Kaduna, Benue, Plateau, Taraba and Borno, the researchers say, “There is also no end in sight in the coordinated attacks on sacred places of Christian worship in the past fourteen days under reference.”

According to Intersociety, the situation of Nigerian Christians and their sacred places of worship has remained “dangerously unchecked” especially since November 1, when Trump hinted on possible military action should the Nigerian Government continue to fail to take concrete steps to end the killing and abductions.

The researchers say that there are 24 “digitally and physically assembled” jihadist groups in Nigeria. Since October 28, the researchers say, 97 Christians have been killed by Jihadist Fulani militants, while Boko Haram Killed four in Kaduna.

The number translates to an average of seven Christians killed daily and eight abducted in fourteen days.

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According to the Intersociety report, 34 Christians were killed in Taraba State, 22 in Plateau, 16 in Kaduna, 15 in Benue, four in Borno, one in Edo plus “dark figures” of ten.

The report also notes that 50 Christians were abducted in Kaduna, 30 in Taraba, six in Plateau, six in Benue, 12 in Kogi and Kwara axis plus “dark figures” of 10.

From Intersociety’s statistical records, Islamic terror groups in Nigeria occupy various rainforest locations which are Christian-dominated.

They include the JNIM Islamic terror group which Intersociety researchers describe as “a deadly Islamic terror group operating in Mali and the Sahel region, and which recently announced the establishment of its first brigade in Nigeria.

In their report, the researchers appeal to the Nigerian government to overhaul its ministries of defense, “and thereafter issue firm and matching orders to security, defense and intelligence forces and their Service Chiefs especially the Armed Forces and their High Commands to go after the Jihadist Fulani Herdsmen and allied others and have them flushed out or obliterated.”

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They descry the government’s complacency, saying, “By fresh statistics at our disposal, nothing seems to have been done to practically and concretely remedy the situation till date.”

They also call on the government to order Fulani leaders “to stop all forms of attacks against Christian populations” and identify and expel all jihadist elements using “Fulani Herdsmen” and their cattle rearing as a cover to unleash untamed jihadist terror attacks on defenseless civilian population and their properties. 

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