ICC Note: Suspected Fulani Militants attacked a seminary in Taraba State, Nigeria. During the attack, they beat two priest and shot another in the leg. They also injured multiple students and destroyed property. No one has been reported killed during the incident however.

05/30/2018 Nigeria (Christian Times) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen have carried out an attack on a Catholic minor seminary in Nigeria’s “Middle Belt” region, injuring the priests and some of the students.

According to The Punch, two priests were beaten up while another was shot in the leg when the herdsmen stormed the Sacred Heart Minor Seminary in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State on Monday.

Rev. Fr. Evaristus Bassey, the director of Caritas Nigeria, confirmed the attack in a statement.

“Please, pray for us. Our minor seminary in Jalingo has just been attacked by Fulani men; some students are injured, some cars destroyed, two priests beaten up and one shot in the leg. They are currently receiving treatment at the FMC,” Bassey stated, as reported by The Punch.

The rector of the seminary, Fr. Emmanuel Atsue, said that the assailants shot continuously at his residence, as well as a vehicle belonging to another priest.

“They shot and injured one of the priests, Father Cornelius Pobah, in the leg, [and] beat up Father Stephen Bakari,” the rector narrated, as reported by Crux.

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