Situation report: Benue valley (Guma–Agatu–Logo)
Named danger area.
| Level Extreme |
Coordinates 7°51′00″N 8°27′00″E 7.8500, 8.4500 radius ≈ 55 km |
Covers 7 LGAs |
Report date 2026-09-28 |
The central flashpoint of the farmer–herder conflict, with repeated mass killings of villagers.
Map: LGAs shaded by twelve-month ACLED intensity (2025-10 to 2026-09); black outline = this named danger area; dashed = state lines; squares = military installations (town level).
Conflict intensity, last twelve months (ACLED)
| Political-violence events | 108 |
| Deaths in those events | 150 |
| Attacks on civilians | 74 |
| Civilians killed | 110 |
| LGAs at extreme | 0 |
| LGAs at high | 6 |
| LGAs at elevated | 0 |
How it developed
Archive record
1 incidents in the Dustline archive fall here, with 2 deaths recorded.
| Date | Place | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | Gwer West, Benue | Troops neutralize two highway bandits along Naka-Makurdi route in Gwer West |
Military installations within 150 km
| Tactical Air Command / NAF Base Makurdi | Makurdi | 16 km |
Advisories and named areas
No US Level 4 advisory state here.
Limits
- ACLED counts recorded events. Rural violence is under-reported everywhere, and more so where journalists cannot go.
- Levels summarise twelve months; a road can change within days. Current advisories and local security briefings outrank this report.
- Approximate extent drawn as a circle around a well-known location. It marks where danger is concentrated, not a line inside which it begins; the areas around it are not implied to be safe.
Sources: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), www.acleddata.com — aggregates via HDX, as of 25 September 2026. Boundaries: OCHA COD-AB Nigeria (CC BY-IGO). Map base: Natural Earth (public domain), naturalearthdata.com; state boundaries OCHA COD-AB Nigeria (CC BY-IGO). Archive: Dustline snapshot of dustlinemap.online, 22 September 2026. Advisory: US Department of State.