Fulanis in Nigeria Kill More Christians than Boko Haram, ISWAP, Report Says

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Published September 30, 2024

‘Other Terrorist Groups’ connected with Fulani militia, ORFA reports.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other “bandit” terrorists often allied with them killed more civilians in Nigeria over a four-year period than Islamic extremist groups Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a new report states.

“Other Terrorist Groups,” commonly called “Fulani bandits,” killed 12,039 civilians from October 2019 to September 2023, while “Armed Fulani Herdsmen” killed 11,948 civilians, according to the Aug. 29 report by the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA).

The better-known Boko Haram and ISWAP combined killed just 3,079 civilians, the ORFA report stated.

The Fulani herdsmen form part of the Fulani Ethnic Militia (FEM), and it is believed that part of the “Other Terrorist Groups” known as “Fulani bandits” are connected to the FEM, according to the report.

“It implies that FEM is a much bigger factor in the Nigerian culture of violence than Boko Haram and ISWAP,” the ORFA report stated.

Most of the victims were Christians, according to the report.

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