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The Digest:

The Concerned Plateau Fulani Forum has alleged a systematic "Fulani and cattle genocide" in Plateau State, claiming over 3,000 pastoralists and 10,000 cows have been killed by native militias. According to Daily Post Nigeria, the group's national coordinator, Saleh Haruna, challenged Christian leaders' narratives, asserting Fulani losses outweigh Christian casualties in what he described as "reprisal attacks."

Key Points:
  • Fulani group claims 3,000 pastoralists and 10,000 cattle killed in Plateau
  • Alleged attacks concentrated in Bokkos, Barkin Ladi, Mangu, Riyom, and Bassa LGAs
  • Group accuses Christian-led media of underreporting Fulani casualties
  • Referenced Sheikh Gumi's claim of "empty caskets" in Christian mass burials
  • Threatened to exhume mass graves to counter Christian genocide claims
  • Admitted to breaking the cultural taboo against counting the dead to prove their losses
  • Conflict framed as cyclical violence with competing victim narratives
When truth becomes the first casualty of conflict, the exhumation of graves threatens to become the final battleground for communities trapped in cycles of retaliatory violence.

Sources: Daily Post Nigeria, Vanguard