Fulani raids involve large groups of men on motorcycles armed with AK-47s who attack villages, killing, looting, and kidnapping residents. Photo courtesy of Nigerian social media.Armed bandits attacked Binnari village in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State at about 3 p.m. on Friday, October 23, 2026, shortly after Jumu’ah prayers, according to a police statement. Police said a large number of assailants entered the village amid heavy gunfire, looted food from shops, and burned houses, shops, and motorcycles. Reports of the death toll vary. Police said 10 people were killed, while Tribune Online reports that the toll has risen to 46 as the search for missing persons continues.Yahuza Binnari, a resident who fled to a nearby village, said, “We counted more than 18 dead bodies, while several others were still missing.” Another resident said the attackers belonged to bandit groups that control several communities along Taraba State’s borders with Plateau and Bauchi states. Local sources suspected the attackers had crossed into Taraba from neighboring Plateau State, though this has not been independently verified.Accounts of the security response differed. In a video circulating on Facebook, a resident speaking in Hausa from a market square said the attack lasted over four hours without a response from security agencies. However, Babangida Ibrahim, commander of the local Hunters Association, said police and army personnel responded after the alarm was raised and the attackers fled as security operatives approached.Police deployed joint teams comprising tactical units, the Police Mobile Force, conventional police officers, and Nigerian Army personnel to the area. Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas condemned the killings and called on security agencies to bring those responsible to justice.In Zamfara State, residents of Birnin Tudu, also known as Tudun Biri, in Gummi Local Government Area repelled a three-day bandit assault from Tuesday, October 20, to Thursday, October 22. Witnesses described the attackers as Islamic bandits who impose heavy taxes on villagers and rape women and children. Gunmen riding more than 100 motorcycles, each carrying three people, surrounded the village.According to Leadership, villagers killed 11 bandits on the first day, seven on the second, and 12 on the third, bringing the total to 30. Three villagers were also killed. One resident told Daily Trust that the attackers used communication devices to call others in the surrounding bush to regroup, adding, “while we were trying to seize their rifles, another group attacked us again.”Zamfara State Police Command spokesman DSP Yazid Abubakar said the Divisional Police Officer for Gummi led officers to support the villagers. PRNigeria reports that the Civilian Joint Task Force, local vigilantes, and the air component of Operation Fansan Yamma also took part. Zamfara has two communities named Birnin Tudu, and police confirmed that the attack occurred in Gummi Local Government Area, rather than Anka.A Nigerian Christian reporter based in Plateau State argued that Christian communities in the Middle Belt should be allowed to arm themselves and organize their own defense, as Muslim villagers in Zamfara have done successfully. He said that both the bandits and the villagers defending Birnin Tudu were armed Muslims, while Christian communities remain unarmed.On October 22, the Nigerian Senate asked Inspector-General of Police Tunji Disu to investigate the killing of 113 people in four attacks in Benue State. Senator Emmanuel Memga Udende, who represents the Benue North-East Senatorial District, sponsored the motion. Benue is a majority-Christian state. Catholic Bishop Wilfred Anagbe of Makurdi testified before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee that the state’s population is 97% Christian.According to the motion, 24 people were killed in Sai, in Mbajir Ward of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area. Residents said suspected armed herdsmen entered the village at about 1 a.m. on July 1, 2026, and shot villagers. Sai resident Joseph Hir told AFP that residents were sleeping when the attackers arrived.The motion recorded another 63 deaths in Bom and Aboajio villages in Mbazun Ward of Ukum Local Government Area. Those attacks occurred in the early morning hours of August 16 and 17, 2026, when gangs on motorcycles carried out simultaneous assaults on several communities in the Mbazun and Mbaterem area.In Ayilamo, in Tombo Ward of Logo Local Government Area, 15 people were killed, including six Mobile Police officers deployed to protect residents. Four officers were killed alongside civilians in an attack on September 10, 2026.Two more were killed on September 14, when gunmen ambushed the convoy of the Ayilamo Divisional Police Officer. Residents told Premium Times that the attackers were suspected armed herders operating from forests and deserted villages in Tombo Ward.The most recent attack listed in the motion occurred on Thursday, October 8, 2026, when 11 people were killed in Tse Biliji and Tse Shishi Nyako villages in Mbatian Ward of Ukum Local Government Area. Senate President Godswill Akpabio said the killing of armed security personnel raised concerns about the safety of unarmed communities.The Senate called for the immediate deployment of troops to Ukum, Katsina-Ala, and Logo and directed the National Emergency Management Agency and the Benue State Emergency Management Agency to provide relief materials to displaced people.The post Nigeria Field Report: Muslim Bandits Raid, Loot, Murder in Binnari, Benue North-East, and Birnin Tudu appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.