By Editorial Staff 
The Concerned Plateau Fulani Forum (CPFF) has claimed that they lost not less than 3,000 of their people and over 10,000 cows to killings in the last 10 years, more than what Christians are claiming.
The national coordinator of the group, Saleh Haruna, made the claim in a statement issued on Saturday, November 29, 2025, in Jos, which was obtained by Infomedia Nigeria.
He said it is unfair for Christians to claim a “Christian genocide” when there were casualties of insecurity on the Fulani people’s side.
The Christian genocide narrative has been ongoing in Nigeria for many years, but it gained global attention when the President of the United States, Donald Trump, in a statement, warned Nigeria’s government to stop the killings of “our Christian brothers and sisters” by terrorists.
The killings of Nigerians have persisted for more than 10 years, with the government doing little or nothing to stop the criminals under different names spread across the country.
However, it gained global attention when a Catholic priest, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, in a video clip that has now gone viral, claimed that Fulani militias and herdsmen have been killing Christians in Plateau State and other parts of the North Central region.
Disputing the claim, the Concerned Plateau Fulani Forum said that the number of Fulani people and their cows who have been killed outweighs the number of Christians who have been killed, mostly in “reprisal attacks.”
The group said that Fulani people and their cattle have long been suffering attacks and killings by those they refer to as native militias in different communities across the state.
Mr. Saleh claimed that over 3,000 Fulani people and over 10,000 cows have been killed or stolen by native militias in communities such as Bokkos, Barkin Ladi, Mangu, Riyom, and Bassa LGAs, which he referred to as “Fulani and cow genocide in Plateau State.”
According to him:
“Ordinarily, we would not have responded to Rev. Dachomo’s regular accusations against Fulani people of being the aggressors whenever there are attacks in Plateau communities, but the way he has been going about it—releasing videos and making statements every day – we are compelled to let the world know that there have also been several cases of Fulani genocide in the state.”
Haruna said the Fulani people have evidence and could embark on digging up the graves of their loved ones who have been killed due to clashes in recent times.
“Since the respected pastor has vowed to bring in the international community to show them mass graves where Christians were allegedly buried, we may also be forced to go against our culture and dig up our people who were also buried in mass graves,” he said.
He claimed that Fulani people have also been at the receiving end of mass killings by native militias, accusing the press of not reporting them, “because most of them are run by Christians,” stating that “once a few Christians become victims in reprisal attacks by our people, the story becomes headline news with outrageous figures being bandied around.”