Situation report: Plateau (Bokkos–Barkin Ladi–Mangu)
Named danger area.
| Level Extreme |
Coordinates 9°21′00″N 9°00′00″E 9.3500, 9.0000 radius ≈ 38 km |
Covers 3 LGAs |
Report date 2026-09-28 |
Site of the Christmas Eve 2023 attacks and repeated village massacres inside a standing military operation.
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 | 203 |
| Deaths in those events | 388 |
| Attacks on civilians | 145 |
| Civilians killed | 336 |
| LGAs at extreme | 2 |
| LGAs at high | 1 |
| LGAs at elevated | 0 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barikin Ladi | Extreme | 164 | rising |
| Mangu | Extreme | 124 | rising |
| Bokkos | High | 48 | falling |
How it developed
Archive record
7 incidents in the Dustline archive fall here, with 13 deaths recorded.
| Date | Place | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | Barkin Ladi, Plateau | Troops of Operation Safe Haven foil armed herders invasion of farmlands in Plateau |
| 2026-09-10 | Barkin Ladi, Plateau | Operation Enduring Peace troops neutralize kidnapper and recover fabricated rifle in Plateau |
| 2026-09-07 | Mangu, Plateau | Gunmen kill civilian in Kadun community, Mangu; Operation Safe Haven launches manhunt |
| 2026-06-27 | Barkin Ladi, Plateau | Operation Safe Haven troops avert sectarian reprisal attack in Fan district |
| 2026-04-28 | Mangu, Plateau | Operation Safe Haven foils night raid on Bungha Gida, arresting 3 militia fighters in Mangu |
| 2026-02-22 | Bokkos, Plateau | Armed assailants attack artisanal mining site in Mangar; Operation Safe Haven intervenes |
| 2015-04-25 | Riyom, Plateau | Boko Haram and Nigerian security forces — Shonong, Riyom, Plateau (2015-04-25) |
Military installations within 150 km
| 3 Armoured Division | Jos | 63 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.