BYM, MACBAN trade words over alleged killings in Plateau

The Berom Youth-Moulders Association, BYM, and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, are presently astatine loggerheads pursuing allegations and counter-allegations implicit convulsive attacks and killings crossed Plateau State.

The BYM archetypal raised the interest successful a connection on Tuesday over what it described arsenic a misleading communicative by the authorities section of MACBAN wherever the Fulani radical alleged that a pack of “Berom Militias” had attacked herders and their cows successful Jos South Local Government Area connected Friday, June 5, 2026, wherever a 15-year-old herder was reportedly killed.

In the connection issued by the MACBAN Chairman successful the state, Ibrahim Yusuf Babayo, accused Berom youths of attacking the herders and sidesplitting the teen identified arsenic Sadi Aliyu, arsenic good arsenic 11 cows astatine Sabon Gidan Kanar assemblage of the council.

Babayo said the herders were tending to their cattle peacefully erstwhile the gunmen abruptly stormed the country and opened occurrence connected them.

“The onslaught was unprovoked arsenic the unfortunate alongside his colleagues was rearing their cattle erstwhile the gunmen attacked them. They changeable 1 herder and 13 cattle dead. About 11 cattle are inactive missing,“ the MACBAN Chairman had said.

He added that the continuous targeting of guiltless he...