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CV NEWS FEED // A prominent religious freedom activist in Nigeria recently gave an interview to Truth Nigeria, detailing the devastating situation for Christians in the Benue State, where his own hometown of Ayati has been “reduced to ghost town” by Fulani herdsmen.
“The attacks have become a daily affair, and our people can no longer access their farms,” Theophilus Ahangba Ayati, Deputy Director at the Bureau for County and Chieftaincy Affairs in Benue State told Truth Nigeria, adding: “The Fulani jihadists have occupied our land, and we are no longer able to produce the crops that were once the lifeblood of our community.”
Ayati’s fourth-generation ancestors helped to found the Roman Catholic town in the Benue State, according to the report. The town is home to a farming community, which most commonly grows crops such as yams, cassava, groundnuts, rice, and maize.
Before the Fulani began waging attacks against the community in 2018, Ayati used to be the premier source of cassava and rice for the rest of Nigeria, he explained:
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Religious Freedom activist: Islamist takeover in Nigeria places Christian community on brink of extinction
A prominent religious freedom activist in Nigeria recently gave an interview to Truth Nigeria, detailing the devastating situation for Christians in the Benue State, where his own hometown of Ayati has been “reduced to ghost town” by Fulani herdsmen.
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