Herdsmen

Activity

Jigawa, Nasarawa, Benue, Ondo, Imo, Ebonyi, Kaduna(southern), Cross River, FCT, Delta, Plateau, Edo and many un-named states

Encroachment into farms, destruction of food crops and cereal fields, trespass on peoples homesteads

2015

Food insecurity, killings, threat to life, violence and feuds, kidnapping, violation of rights of indigenous people, blocking of highways by animals, terrorism, raping.

Bakare (2015)

Sowale (2015)

Itua (2013)

Alabelewe (2014)

Farmers, women, youths, community leaders.

Government neglect

Government arbitrariness

Owerri-Portharcourt road.

Most states of Nigeria

Cut off of Ohaji, Umuapu food basket areas of Imo State, damage to vehicles

Creation of artificial boundaries, violent communal clashes, impositions, assassinations, flight, violent splitting of communities, destruction of collective sentiments

2013-2015

2005-2015

Pains and anguish, provocation of the Youths

Physical attacks, assassinations and intolerance

The Leader Newspaper September (2015)

Jimoh (2013) Achonwa (2015)

All citizens

Communal Violence and Gang activities

Benue State: Mbayangeh and Mbashine communities, Ologba and Egba communities.

Nasarawa State Assakio, Agyaragu

Destruction of economic trees and palm produce, destruction of fish ponds.

Destruction of lives and property, forfeiture of farmlands.

July 2012

June, November 2012

Shelter and food threatened. Attacks and counter attacks by rival groups, killings, deadly clashes of rival groups, seizure of farmlands.

Okoh (2012)

Ejenbi (2015)

Daniel (2013)

Youths and community leaders.

Southern Kaduna

Destruction of lives and property, Farms

Frequent occurrence

Armed invasion, terrorism, killings

Alabelewe (2014)

Women, community

leaders.

Imo State: Mainly Mgbuishi Ohaji community

Abandonment of farms and homes

2014

Fear, physical attacks, riots

The Leader Newspaper August 2014

Women, Farmers.

Communal Violence and Gang Activities

Most States in Nigeria

Socio-economic, physical and emotional imbalances among the people. Class struggle of all sorts.

2012-2015

Upsurge of killings, clashes, acquisition of arms, rape.

Jimoh (2013)

Youths.