A witness to the horrific facts of the massacre in Plateau, which claimed over 300 lives, has come forward.
On Christmas Eve, the Assemblies of God’s Church in NTV resident Reverend Jonathan’s home was reportedly invaded by terrorists on 50 motorcycles.
The tragedy occurred as the Reverend and his churchgoers were getting ready to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Despite early reports that said 195 people were slain in 17 different localities, an unidentified source who spoke exclusively to Parallel Facts claimed that the number of dead topped 300.
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The source stated that over 150 lives were lost in one village alone, and that 10 people were shot and killed in Reverend Jonathan’s residence.
The informant also stated that further communities were assaulted, with hundreds of people killed, and that she feels some Nigerian media outlets failed to report on this.
“On the eve of Christmas, that’s on December 25, 2023, some people were in the pastor’s house, reverend Jonathan, who is the reverend in assemblies of God’s church in NTV, and they heard three gunshots from another direction that was close to a checkpoint, and then one of them called to ask what was happening, and then nobody responded. The next thing they saw like 30–50 motorcycles coming with light.
“The community is structured in a way that they all live together, close to a checkpoint. At the end of the community, there are settlers that live there, so when the motorcycles came in, there were massive gunshots from the direction where the settlers were.
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“Those that came to the reverend’s house preparing for Christmas Eve and the church were shot; even the glasses of the church was stained with blood.
“The Fulani terrorists came in from the settler’s direction and were shooting some. You could see pools of blood from the victims who were trying to run.
“In that community, 7 people were killed; some of them were women, and 2 were men; one was 10 and the other was 5 in age; two siblings were killed; one was a student of Plateau State University, an old man in his 80s; and the Reverend himself was killed. In total, there were 10 people from NTV in particular, while from Mangu, there were close to 400 people who were killed.
“When the villagers were massively attacked and they tried to run, the Fulani pursued many people, and dead bodies were found in different locations.
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“One of the victims’ heads was cut off after 2 days. The father was called to come carry the dead body, and he was buried.
“The men moved their wives and children to IDP camps
“The Fulani’s targeted the community’s food barns; where every single barn was burned down, you could still see the remnants of maize and soy beans that they burned down,” she said.
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