01/27/2021
Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Fulani militants have been conducting attacks and causing mass devastation throughout the Middle Belt of Nigeria for many years. These attacks have increased over the past several years though. Increasing violence in Kaduna, Plateau and Benue States has caused millions of people to be displaced. More recently, these attacks have begun to spread further south in the country.
Oyo State, in Nigeria’s Southeast, is several hundred miles south of the Middle Belt states where attack have become super common. Despite this, reports are being made that militants have invaded Oyo as well. The Convener of the Igangan Development Advocates, Mr Oladiran Oladokun, spoke to the Punch Nigeria about the attacks in Oyo State. He says that the militants have displaced many farmers from their land, as well as “o