Terrorists displaced 98,000 with 217 churches destroyed in recent Islamci attacks in Nigeria

The Catholic Diocese of Wukari in Taraba State has reported that 98,000 persons have been displaced and 217 churches destroyed amid persistent attacks that have now become a permanent feature of life in the region.

Wukari lies in the northeastern corner of Nigeria, a state that shares borders with several others and with Cameroon to the east. The diocese made its disclosure in a communique released at the conclusion of its third general assembly, held on Saturday in Wukari itself.

The statement, signed by Bishop Mark Nzukwein, noted that the displaced have been scattered particularly around the Donga and Takum Local Government Areas.

“From September 2025, there has been a resurgence of attacks by criminals on communities in the southern part of Taraba, especially in Takum, Donga LGAs and the Yangtu Special Development Area.

“These attacks have left scores killed, maimed and injured, with property worth millions of naira and means of livelihood destroyed.

“The records of the diocese show that over 98,000 persons have been displaced, including 16 priests, while 217 churches have been completely destroyed.

“Residences of eight priests have also been destroyed, and more than 100 persons have been reportedly killed,” it stated.

The diocese further condemned the accelerating pattern of land grabbing, in which the ancestral territories of the displaced are simply seized by the very criminals responsible for driving them out. Such behavior reveals a conflict that is not merely about violence but about the methodical erasure of communities and their claims to the land.

The statement urged the federal government and its security agencies to act with genuine urgency against the forces that continue to terrorize this part of Nigeria. It also called upon authorities at every level to take concrete steps that would allow these displaced thousands to return safely to their homes, rather than consigning them indefinitely to the limbo of refugee existence within their own country.

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