“My parish is really on the front line between the Muslim North and the Christian South,” said Father George, a Catholic priest and pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Dong, on the outskirts of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Plateau, one of only two predominantly Christian states in northern Nigeria, has been the site of numerous attacks by Islamist groups, particularly Fulani militias.
According to local Christians, several factors have made Christian communities especially vulnerable. First, civilians are not permitted to own firearms in Nigeria. As a result, Christians have no means of defending themselves, while jihadists and extremist groups are able to obtain weapons on the black market. In many cases, these weapons have been traced back to the security forces, either sold illegally or reported as “lost.”
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