The attackers were said to have stormed the village at 10 am and set houses ablaze while most residents were in church. Speaking to Vanguard on the crisis, the President of the Youth of Vision, Wukari, Mr Tsa-asen L. Agbu said the invaders, who were over three hundred, attacked mainly the Jukun Christians a situation which he said has compelled a lot of persons to relocate from the area.
According to Mr Tsa, “they
are burning down houses and killing our Jukun Christian brothers. They
slaughtered children and women like rams. As I am talking to you right now,
over twenty people have been killed, with several others sustaining various
degrees of injuries while several houses have been burnt.”
Another eyewitness said
that “the attackers operated for several hours killing and burning down houses
without any trace of security men to come to our rescue.” According to the
eyewitness, “these people took us unawares, and I believe they came from the
nearby Plateau State. I think the level of damage would have been worse but for
the fact that many of our people have gone to church.”
A pastor of one of the
churches, said the death toll was “more than twenty” and that most of the
victims were women and children “were attacked on ways to their various
churches. The Police Public Relation
Officer, PPRO, Joseph Kwaji, who confirmed the incident was however unable to
provide the casualty figure saying authentic figures were yet to be made
available to the command.
According to Joseph, “Tunari
village in Wukari Local Government was attacked this morning by the Fulani
people, but our men have been deploy there to restore peace.
Vanguard
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