From 15 to 16 May 2023 over one hundred people were killed in an attack by Fulani herders against villagers in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria.
[1][2] Prior to the conflict a farmer had let his cattle destroy a Fulani man's banana plantation which locals claimed was the trigger for the attack.
[3] The conflict started at 2:00 AM local time on 15 May 2023, when huge numbers of Fulani gunmen attacked and burned multiple villages, including Kubwat and Fungzai where 28 and 9 people were reportedly killed, respectively.
[3][7] On 17 May, House of Representatives member for Mangu LGA Solomon Maren said that "over 100 persons, most of them women and children" had died over the past two days and that widespread destruction of homes and crops had occurred.
[10] Activist Joseph Gwankat, head of the Mwaghavul Development Association, estimated the death toll to be more than 200, adding that 20,000 people are believed to have been displaced.