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“Jihadist Militia Murder Congregation of Believers, Stuff Local Wells with Corpses,” by Mike Odeh James and Olikita Ekani, Truth Nigeria, August 11, 2024:
Leave Trail of 50 Dead in Benue State (Makurdi) In the late hours of Thursday, August 8, 2024, the world was watching the high drama of the Paris Olympics. American pundits were watching Donald Trump’s Mar a Lago Presser. But Akika Tsav, a farmer and resident of Ayati village in Central Nigeria, was watching his world fall apart…. “It was around 4:30 pm when I heard the sound of motorcycles approaching our compound,” Tsav told Truthnigeria. “I was by the fireside, preparing dinner for my two kids, when suddenly I heard the staccato of automatic rifles. I knew that sound all too well, having heard it just two weeks prior.”… “I counted up to 15 gunmen shooting indiscriminately into huts and at people running for their lives. They shot point-blank at anyone they saw, ensuring those shots were killed with a bullet to the head.” Tsav’s voice cracked as he described the slaughter of his family members. “I watched in horror as my two brothers, my cousin, and her 8-month-old baby were gunned down before my eyes. My mother, over 90 years old, died of shock. The trauma of that day will haunt me forever.” 50 Killed by Gun-Toting Fulani Bikers Survivors of the Ayati massacre, still reeling from the trauma, have so far counted about 50 lifeless bodies, brutally shot point-blank by approximately 30 terrorists speaking the Fulda language of the Fulani tribe. The Fulani Islamist bandit gangs have been linked to sectarian massacres and kidnapping for ransom for more than a decade. Ayati Ahangba, another resident and Benue State Government official, recalled it, his voice cracking with emotion. “The terrorists, 30 gunmen, came to Ayati on motorbikes, seeking revenge after a shootout with a military checkpoint the previous day, (Aug. 7)” Ahangba said…. “In a heinous attack, the Fulani terrorists also stormed St. Peter Catholic Church in Ayati, where innocent worshippers had gathered for Holy Mass. “The congregation, unaware of the horror that was about to unfold, was mercilessly gunned down, leaving 20 innocent lives lost,” Ahangba said. “The attackers, with prior knowledge of the ongoing mass, deliberately targeted their church,” said Terso James. “They opened fire on the unsuspecting worshippers, killing those who attempted to flee. Their bodies were left to lie in the sacred space where they had sought solace and peace.”…
