BREAKING: Fulani Militia Planning Coordinated Attack on Christian Town of Takum, Taraba State

Credible Intelligence Warns of Coordinated Fulani Militia Attack on Christian Town of Takum in Taraba State

TruthNigeria has issued a security threat early warning based on credible intelligence indicating an elevated risk of coordinated armed attacks by Fulani Ethnic Militia and their allies in and around Takum town and nearby rural communities in Taraba State, Nigeria.

According to the intelligence obtained, multiple armed actors may attempt attacks on or about 11 March 2026, potentially targeting locations within Takum town as well as adjacent countryside villages.

The coordinates for the threat zone are 7.25588, 9.98649, placing the area squarely within the heart of southern Taraba's predominantly Christian communities.

Security forces operating in Takum Local Government Area and surrounding districts have been advised to increase patrols, particularly along the Amadu Tor Tser Takum axis, establish monitoring at key entry points, and maintain rapid response readiness.

This warning comes against the backdrop of relentless violence that has devastated the region. In just four months, Fulani ethnic militias have killed at least 87 Christians in Taraba, razing more than 30 farming communities while security forces have remained conspicuously absent.

Between January 2 and February 3, 2026 alone, at least 102 Tiv Christians were killed and more than 31 injured across a span of just 33 days. Entire Christian villages, including Unom, Peeki, Uvande, and New Gboko, now lie abandoned. Homes burned, crops destroyed, farmlands overtaken.

Catholic authorities have reported that over 200 churches and communities have been destroyed, with approximately 90,000 Catholics displaced across Takum, Donga, and Ussa Local Government Areas since September 2025.

The violence is no longer sporadic clashes but a coordinated campaign to empty Christian villages and seize fertile land.

Local leaders have described the situation as a systematic effort to drive out Christian populations from their ancestral lands.

As recently as March 9, 2026, suspected herders ambushed farmers in Taraba, killing two internally displaced persons near Tse Ukwe community in Donga.

Takum Christians Face Imminent Threat as Fulani Militia Violence Escalates in Southern Taraba

The closure of 103 denominational churches across Donga and Takum Local Government Areas speaks to the scale of the crisis. Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly Christian farmers, have fled to Peva and Amadu towns in Takum LGA in search of refuge.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Northern Christian Elders Forum (NOCREL) have raised alarms, demanding that the federal government take immediate action to protect Christian communities in the region.

The Crusader's Opinion

Let me be absolutely clear: what is happening in Takum and across southern Taraba is not a "farmer herder clash." It is a coordinated, systematic ethnic and religious cleansing of Christian communities. Over 100 believers slaughtered in 33 days. Ninety thousand displaced. Two hundred churches destroyed. And the Nigerian military stands by and watches. If Christians were doing this to Muslim villages anywhere in the world, every Western government and the United Nations would be in emergency session within hours. But because it is Christians being massacred, the world stays silent. This is evil, and God sees every drop of innocent blood that has been spilled. The perpetrators will face eternal judgment, and the governments that stand idly by share in the guilt.

Take Action

• Donate to The Shepherd's Shield to support persecuted Christians in Nigeria and around the world.
• Support Open Doors in their mission to provide emergency relief and spiritual support to displaced Nigerian Christians.
• Give to International Christian Concern (ICC), which is actively documenting and responding to the crisis in Taraba State.
• Contact the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C. at (202) 800 7201 or email info@nigeriaembassyusa.org to demand protection for Christian communities in Taraba State.
• Contact your U.S. representative and senators through the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224 3121 and urge them to hold Nigeria accountable for failing to protect its Christian citizens.