Rev Ezekiel Dachomo said every step he took was on blood after terrorists killed at least 27 people in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North.
Terrorists struck the community in Plateau State on Sunday evening around 7.30pm.
They rode motorcycles and wore military camouflage.
Fourteen people died on the spot.
Thirteen others later died from their injuries in hospital.
Dachomo and other concerned Nigerians walked into the scene straight after the attack.
He said the ground cried louder than the people.
“Every step we took was on blood,” he recounted.
“Not because we wanted to, but because innocent lives had been poured out like water before our eyes.”
They stood with the people of Angwan Rukuba as families grieved. Mothers wailed.
Fathers broke down. Young men stood in shock and did not know whether to scream or collapse.
Dachomo said their cries pierced the heavens and that he tried to speak but his voice trembled.
The group then moved to Jos University Teaching Hospital.
Dachomo saw bodies torn from gunshots and machete wounds.
Lives hung by a thread. Eyes showed fear.
He held the hands of the injured, prayed with them and cried alongside them.
One man caught his attention. Terrorists had shot him and cut his face open with a machete.
Blood still ran fresh across his features. The man still breathed and fought to live.
Later they reached the morgue. Cold bodies lay lined up in rows.
Men, women and children filled the space.
People who held dreams the day before and laughed only hours earlier now lay silent.
Dachomo, who often speaks out on attacks against Christians in northern Nigeria, ended his account with a direct question.
“Brethren, how long will this continue? How long will innocent blood keep crying from the ground? It is time to wake up. It is time to rise.”
