Vigilantes in Nigeria kill herders amid jihadist tensions, kidnapping gangs
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The victims of the attack that took place on Thursday, April 30 in Niger State, in central-western Nigeria, were accused of being informants for the jihadist group Ansaru, which emerged from a split within the Boko Haram group in 2021.
The Fulani herdsmen were accused of being informants for the jihadist group Ansaru.
A Nigerian militia operating alongside the army, as well as militiamen from neighbouring Benin, killed some 40 Peul breeders, accused of being informants of the jihadist group Ansaru.
Local sources, cited by the AFP news agency, report that around 40 herders have been killed in central Nigeria by an armed group collaborating with the Nigerian military and militants from neighboring Benin. The attack took place on Thursday in Niger state. The attackers accused the herders of being informants for the jihadist group Front for the Defense of Muslims in Black Africa (Ansaru). Ansaru was formed in 2021 as a result of a split from B…
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