A young Fulani man was killed in Tenti community, Bokkos LGA, Plateau State, amid a farmer–herder conflict. Reports also noted six cows poisoned in separate farmland
1 Dec 2025 · Tenti, Bokkos, Plateau
Deaths
1
Injured
0
Kidnapped
0
Total casualties
1
Perpetrators
Communal/Ethnic Militias
Response
Security agencies confirmed incident; attack underscores persistence of farmer–herder tensions in Plateau.
Displacement
0
Socioeconomic drivers
Land disputes, grazing rights, ethnic tensions, reprisal violence
Trajectory
Incident reflects continuation of farmer–herder conflict in Plateau, with violence targeting both humans and livestock.
Cycle notes
Plateau clashes in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi show repeated violence undermining livelihoods and inter-communal relations.
Pattern
Farmer–herder clashes with livestock destruction
Related — Farmer-Herder
A clash between herders and farmers in Sabon Gida Minchika, Ungogo LGA, Kano State, left five people injured.
A clash between farmers and herders in Bassa, Kwali LGA, FCT, left nine people injured.
A dispute arose between Tiv farmer Iortimin Umande and Fulani cattle pastoralists over a herd trespassing into a farm in Tse Ikyambe/Tsokundi District, Wukari LGA. The clash escalated, leading to the death of one person. The incident was one of the immediate triggers of the wider 2001–2002 Tiv‑Jukun conflict that engulfed much of southern Taraba State and parts of neighbouring Benue.