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Tension has intensified across Nigeria’s religious and ethnic lines following new allegations by the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-Cultural Association, claiming that Fulani pastoralists are victims of “genocidal massacres” carried out by non-state actors, vigilante groups, and Yansakai militias. Miyetti Allah’s Allegation In a recent statement issued in Abuja, the association’s Secretary-General, Saleh Alhassan, lamented what he described as the “systematic and coordinated killings” of Fulani herders across several states. According to him, “vigilante groups have turned many rural communities into killing fields, executing Fulani men, women, and children in the name of fighting insecurity.” Miyetti Allah demanded an independent probe into these killings and urged the Federal Government to take immediate action, warning that continued silence could “fuel further division and retaliation.” The group also condemned what it called media bias and ethnic profiling that portray her...