The CONECDA Youth Wing has alleged that more than 700 people were killed and 471,820 displaced in attacks across Nigeria's Middle Belt between January and June 2026.
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| Members of the CONECDA Youth Wing presenting their half-year security report in Jos, Plateau State. |
JOS, PLATEAU STATE – July 10, 2026
The Conference of Autochthonous Ethnic Communities Development Associations (CONECDA) Youth Wing has alleged that more than 700 people were killed and 471,820 others displaced in attacks across Nigeria's Middle Belt and adjoining states between January and June 2026.
Presenting its half-year security report in Jos on Thursday, the youth body claimed that the violence also left more than 325 people injured, over 350 kidnapped, and at least 60 communities sacked during the six-month period.
Addressing journalists, the President of the CONECDA Youth Wing, Comrade Paul Joshua Dekete, described the situation as a grave threat to indigenous communities across the region.
"Our ancestry is being wiped out," Dekete said, alleging that the attacks represent a coordinated campaign against autochthonous ethnic communities in the Middle Belt.
The group said the reported incidents affected communities in Kwara, Kogi, Niger, Southern Kebbi, Southern Kaduna, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Southern Borno, and Southern Yobe.
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According to the report, Benue and Plateau states recorded the highest number of fatalities during the review period, with the organisation alleging that each state recorded more than 250 deaths.
CONECDA claimed that attacks in Bokkos, Barkin Ladi, Riyom, Jos South, and Angwan Rukuba in Plateau State displaced about 1,820 residents.
In Benue State, the group alleged that attacks in Guma, Kwande, Logo, Ukum, Apa, and Katsina-Ala claimed more than 250 lives and displaced approximately 450,000 people.
The report also referenced the June 13 attack on Yelwata, alleging that about 200 people were killed during the incident.
Rejecting descriptions of the violence as farmer-herder clashes, the organisation alleged that the attacks were part of a deliberate campaign to displace indigenous populations from their ancestral lands.
The group further accused government and security agencies of failing to prevent repeated attacks despite alleged early warning intelligence generated through its Conflict Early Warning and Early Response System (CEWERS).
CONECDA called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on security in the Middle Belt, deploy additional military and police personnel to vulnerable communities, establish a special tribunal to prosecute perpetrators of violence, and create a victims' compensation fund for affected communities.
As of the time of publication, the Federal Government, security agencies, and the affected state governments had not publicly responded to the allegations and figures presented in the report.
Prime Brief Media has not independently verified the casualty and displacement figures contained in the CONECDA report.
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