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Plateau state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in May 2025

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UCDP recorded 9 events of organized violence in Plateau state, Nigeria in May 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 32. The low estimate is 30 and the high estimate is 33. UCDP counts 3 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2025 was 10 events.

Among the 23 months with a report for Plateau state, Nigeria, May 2025 has the 11th highest count of events. Plateau state, Nigeria holds 11 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Nigeria in May 2025.

The report of the country for this month: Nigeria, May 2025.

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An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Nigeria has each event.

Table 1. Plateau state, May 2025: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
3 May 2025Barkin Ladi lga, Plateau stateBirom; FulaniNon-state333
4 May 2025Barkin Ladi lga, Plateau stateBirom; FulaniNon-state333
13 May 2025Riyom lga, Plateau stateBirom; FulaniNon-state444
14 May 2025Riyom lga, Plateau stateBirom; FulaniNon-state889
14 May 2025Jos South lga, Plateau stateBirom; FulaniNon-state101
23 May 2025Jos South lga, Plateau stateBirom; FulaniNon-state222
23 May 2025Riyom lga, Plateau stateBirom; FulaniNon-state111
26 May 2025Bokkos lga, Plateau stateFulani; MushereNon-state777
27 May 2025Bokkos lga, Plateau stateFulani; MushereNon-state323

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Plateau state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Birom722
Fulani932
Mushere210

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Plateau state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202647P95PCandidate Events
August 202628P66PCandidate Events
July 202617P36PCandidate Events
June 202626P73PCandidate Events
May 202622P77PCandidate Events
April 202634P78PCandidate Events
March 20264P39PCandidate Events
February 20266P24PCandidate Events
January 202613P42PCandidate Events
December 2025325GED
November 202524GED
October 20251033GED
September 2025310GED
August 2025625GED
July 2025547GED
June 20251148GED
May 2025932GED
April 202510104GED
March 2025417GED
December 2024115GED
November 202424GED
October 2024516GED
September 2024415GED

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ConflictStats. Plateau state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in May 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/plateau-state/month/2025-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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