Relative of Berom youth leader killed in Nigeria’s Plateau State
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
Gunmen suspected of being Fulani militias killed the nephew of the national president of the Berom Youth Moulders-Association (BYM), Dalyop Solomon Mwantiri, in a targeted attack on Jol village in Riyom, Plateau State, Nigeria. The incident comes two months after Mwantiri’s younger brother was killed in the same village, according to the official’s account.
The nephew of Dalyop Solomon Mwantiri, national president of the Berom Youth Moulders-Association (BYM), was killed in a targeted attack in Jol, in Riyom Local Government Area, Plateau State, Nigeria. Mwantiri confirmed the death on Saturday 8 November in a Facebook post, accusing Fulani militias of being responsible for the attack, Daily Post reports.
The killing comes about two months after Mwantiri’s younger brother was assassinated in the same community. During the previous attack, Mwantiri escaped death while his brother and the second-in-command of Operation Rainbow, a local security structure, were killed, according to Daily Post.
Security alerts were also issued during the young man’s funeral after an attack plan targeting people gathered for the burial was detected. Security personnel prevented another attack, according to Mwantiri, quoted by Daily Post.
Update of 9 November 2026: An attack carried out on Sunday at around 9pm against Bel village, in the Sho community of Plateau State, Nigeria, killed four people, including three residents and a member of the security forces. Read: An armed attack kills four in Nigeria’s Plateau State.
