Clashes broke out in several villages in the Mangu district on Monday, Plateau authorities and police said on Tuesday. There was also shooting. The police are on the trail of the “perpetrators” to “neutralize” or arrest them, a police spokesman said. A curfew has been imposed in Mangu.
The region on the border between Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south has been smoldering over land and resources for decades. Ethnic and religious rivalries fuel the violence. The herdsmen who live as nomads are mostly Muslims, the sedentary farmers are mostly Christians.
Finally, the conflict also took on a criminal dimension: in deadly raids, gangs consisting mainly of herders attacked villages, stole cattle, kidnapped people and burned down houses. In April, nearly 50 people were killed in an attack on a village in the neighboring state of Benue. Authorities accused Fulani herdsmen. (sda/afp)
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