Gunmen have carried out a brutal attack on remote villages in Nigeria's Plateau state, resulting in the deaths of at least 50 villagers over a two-day period. This recent wave of violence has sparked calls for authorities to intervene and put an end to the long-standing conflict between nomadic cattle herders and farming communities in the region.
The attacks took place in the Mangu district of Plateau state, where armed men stormed the villages on Monday and Tuesday, indiscriminately firing on residents and setting houses ablaze, according to the Mwaghavul Development Association community association. The true scale of the attacks took time to emerge due to the difficulty in accessing the affected areas.
