Amid allegations of genocidal killings in Nigeria, a human rights organisation, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety has alleged that at least 100 Christians have been killed in the last 76 days.
It claimed that 120 others have also been abducted by people the organisation described as jihadists.
The allegation was made in a statement signed by Mr Emeka Umeagbalasi, Head, Intersociety, Obianuju Joy Igboeli, Head, Dept. of Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Chidinma Udegbunam, Head, Dept. of Campaign and Publicity and Ogochukwu Obi.
In the statement made available to journalists on Sunday, the rights group unveiled the identities of some of the Christians allegedly murdered within the said period.
According to Intersociety, “Christian martyrs and their ages: Solomon Dung Choji (43), Sunday Gyang Chollom (29), Davou Mallam Chollom (24), Kefas Dung Sambo (29), Chollom Danjuma Chollom (37), Christina Davou Chollom (27), Marvelous Chollom (8), Japhet Solomon (14), Ntyang Chollom Danjuma (6), Mary Monday (10), Mancha Monday (12), Solomon Chung (40) and Musa Dung Bot (32): Source: Barkin Ladi, Plateau, Nigeria, Oct 14, 2025.”
It said the list was outcome of a fresh investigative discovery which shows the North-Central as worst hit, North-West (second worst hit), North-East (third worst hit), South-West (fourth worst-hit, including Yoruba parts of Kwara and Kogi States), South-East (fifth worst-hit, including about 700 forest locations under Jihadist Fulani siege) and South-South (sixth worst-hit especially Edo and Delta part of the region).
“These are to the extent that in the past 76 days, no fewer than 100 defenseless Christians were targeted and killed and 120 others abducted, out of which, at least 12 are likely not coming back alive from the hands of their jihadist captors.
“The number further represented about 10% of those who will never come back alive, out of every ten or hundred abducted; with a clear case in point being over 1000 abducted Christian hostages held inside Rijana Forest camps in Kaduna State, out of which estimated 120 or more than 10% are likely to have been killed in captivity.
“Findings by Intersociety also showed that out of the 100 defenseless Christian deaths, Jihadist Fulani Militants hiding under ‘Fulani Herdsmen’ and regionally assembled others accounted for estimated 80 deaths while Jihadist Boko Haram insurgents accounted for 20 Christian deaths.
“The Jihadist Fulani Militants also accounted for estimated 110 Christian abductions while Jihadist Boko Haram insurgents took responsibility for the remaining 10 Christian abductions.
“It must also be reminded that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigerian Government’s official statistics warehouse, had in its 2024 Report, released on Dec 17, 2024, disclosed that ‘614, 937 (six hundred and fourteen thousand, nine hundreds of thirty-seven victims were killed in Nigeria from insecurity in one year or between May 2023 and April 2024,” the group further alleged.
