In Mangu LGA specifically, gunmen attacked the Bauda community in Langai District in the early hours of Tuesday, June 8, killing seven persons, injuring others, and razing about 61 houses including a COCIN church
8 Jun 2025 · Bauda, Mangu, Plateau
Deaths
7
Kidnapped
0
Total casualties
7
Perpetrators
Unidentified Armed Actors
Response
The Mangu LGA chairman, Emmanuel Bala, confirmed the incidents and condemned the attacks
Socioeconomic drivers
Land disputes, grazing pressures from climate change, weak rural policing, ethnic and religious tensions. Security experts noted that lack of community cooperation, shielding of criminals, and failure to implement commission of inquiry recommendations have hindered peace efforts
Trajectory
The pattern indicates escalating inter-communal violence across multiple LGAs, with hundreds displaced and dozens killed within a short period.
Cycle notes
This attack echoes the long-standing cycle of farmer-herder violence in Plateau State dating back decades. Similar attacks were documented in Mangu, Bokkos, and Bassa LGAs in 2023, 2024, and earlier in 2025. Governor Mutfwang noted that Mangun District and adjoining areas had "for over a month suffered coordinated terrorist assaults resulting in daily casualties and mass displacements."
Pattern
Inter-communal violence
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