ICC Note: Fulani militants have constantly invaded and attacked Christian farmers in Nigeria. At least six were killed in the latest Fulani attack and eighty properties burned down, after the state governor urged Christians across the country to rise up and defend themselves from their constant attackers.  Fulani attacks usually are influenced by climate change, but Christian farmers are always the first and main targets.
02/01/2017, Nigeria (Houston Chronicle) – Police say at least six people have been killed in communal violence between mostly Christian farmers and mostly Muslim herdsmen in central Nigeria.
David Misal, a police spokesman for Taraba state, says the violence between Fulani herdsmen and farmers from the Mumuye ethnic group began Friday and continued Tuesday morning in the Lau local government area. He says 80 houses have been burned.
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