{"id":42971,"date":"2026-08-18T15:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=42971"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:26:33","slug":"at-least-25-killed-in-attack-on-nigerias-plateau-amid-reprisal-fears","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/at-least-25-killed-in-attack-on-nigerias-plateau-amid-reprisal-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 25 killed in attack on Nigeria&#8217;s Plateau amid reprisal fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>At least 25 people were killed in an overnight attack on a \u200bvillage in Nigeria&#8217;s central Plateau state, local officials and \u200cresidents said this Tuesday, in violence that has heightened fears of violent reprisals in the restive region.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The incident highlights persistent insecurity in Plateau \u200bstate, where tensions between farming communities and herders often \u200bspiral into retaliatory violence, leaving people dead, displaced \u2060and homeless.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Lemun Le&#8217;an Iliya, a councillor representing the area, said \u200b23 people were killed in the attack and another victim \u200blater died in hospital.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Resident Amos John said that an additional victim had died, bringing fatalities to at least 25. He said the attackers went \u200bfrom house to house, killing residents with machetes, with \u200bwomen and children accounting for most of the victims.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Plateau police Spokesperson Alfred \u200cAlabo \u2060told Reuters officers were deploying to the area and would issue a statement after assessing the situation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>A local group, the Mwaghavul Youth Movement, accused authorities of failing to protect vulnerable communities \u200band called \u200bfor a review \u2060of security in the area.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The recurring destruction of communities, killing of innocent citizens, burning of \u200bhomes and destruction of farmlands cannot continue to \u200bbe \u2060treated as ordinary incidents,&#8221; Spokesperson Tubwot Jo\u00ebl Sunday said.<\/div>\n<div>Plateau, in Nigeria&#8217;s Middle Belt, has long been plagued by violence linked to \u2060disputes \u200bover land, grazing rights and resources, \u200boften compounded by ethnic and religious divisions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14609,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-42971","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Plateau police Spokesperson Alfred \u200cAlabo \u2060told Reuters officers were deploying to the area and would issue a statement after assessing the situation.","published_date":"","news_description":"Plateau police Spokesperson Alfred \u200cAlabo \u2060told Reuters officers were deploying to the area and would issue a statement after assessing the situation.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42972,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42971\/revisions\/42972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=42971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}