Vanishing Youth, Rising Widows: The Human Cost of Fulani Militia Violence in Benue, Plateau, Southern Kaduna and Southern Taraba
Mike Odeh James
In parts of Idoma and Tiv land, the silence is unsettling. Compounds that once echoed with the strength and presence of young men are now filled with widows—some barely out of their teens, others burdened with children and uncertain futures. Across villages in Benue, Plateau, Southern Kaduna and Southern Taraba, a quiet but devastating pattern has emerged: the systematic loss of young male populations, cut down in recurring attacks attributed to Fulani ethnic militia. What remains are fractured households, abandoned farmlands, and a generation of women forced into widowhood, carrying the human cost of a conflict that shows no sign of abating
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