Beyond Farmers-Herders Clash: The 300-Year Fulani Campaign Fueling Today’s Violence

I lay out 300 years of documented history to show why today’s Middle Belt violence is more than a resource dispute. Beginning in the late 17th century, successive Fulani jihads overthrew indigenous states and installed sharia rule. When the British conquered Sokoto in 1903, they preserved these emirates under indirect rule, cementing regional imbalances at independence. Tonight’s attacks on Berom, Tiv, Jukun and other communities mirror the routes where historic conquests failed. State forces and militias punish entire Fulani or farming villages, driving recruitment into groups like the Macina Liberation Front and Boko Haram. This is a continuous ideological campaign, now tied to global jihadist networks. It targets the very peoples who resisted Fulani theocracy centuries ago. Read the evidence, connect the dots and join the discussion.

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