[Nigeria] Riots: Mob violence

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. Armed clashes between Fulani pastoralists and farmers in Waduku, Lamurde area of Adamawa state, Nigeria on April 2, 2025, resulted in one person injured and 11 cattle affected following disputes over rice farm destruction. The incident reflects ongoing farmer-herder tensions in Nigeria's Middle Belt region.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates and whether similar incidents spread across Nigeria's agricultural regions.

Watch points

• Monitor for escalation of farmer-herder conflicts across Adamawa state and neighboring Middle Belt regions, which could disrupt local agricultural activities
• Track whether this incident triggers broader communal tensions that might affect regional movement of livestock and agricultural goods