A Nigerian woman from Plateau State, Lisa Stephens, has shared a harrowing account of an attack on her family in a documentary by British news outlet, Channel 4, which has begun trending online.
The documentary, titled “Investigating a Village of Widows in Nigeria Amid Fears of a ‘Christian Genocide’,” highlights the impact of violence on communities in parts of the country.
In an emotional narration, Stephens recounted how armed attackers allegedly broke into her home in the middle of the night.
She explained that the assailants forced their way into the house after damaging the door.
She said in part, “I was asleep at night when we heard gunshots, i tried to wake my husband but he would not wake up. My baby was breastfeeding at the time, I tried to wake my husband be he didn’t respond.
“When they entered our house they began to shake the door, when they couldn’t open the door, they used a knife to cut it and found the latch. They came in and found me breastfeeding my baby of ten months.
“They seized the baby and sliced him in two with a knife. After that they shot my husband and then pierced him with a knife,” she added,
Recall that on March 29, which coincided with Palm Sunday, gunmen carried out a targeted assault on the Angwan Rukuba (also known as Gari Ya Waye) community in Jos North.
The attackers arrived on motorcycles and in vehicles around 8pm, opening fire indiscriminately on residents in a popular gathering spot within this densely populated suburb frequented by university students.
Eyewitnesses described the assailants as wearing camouflage resembling security force uniforms, and the attack struck a predominantly Christian area near the city of Jos.
Casualty figures from the assault range between 20 and 30 deaths, with multiple reports citing at least 24 killed, including men, women, and children.
Watch the video below:
𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐮 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐈𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲
Credit: Youtube | Channel 4 News
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