Nigerian bois doing the vigilante work to preserve peace

     In June 2018 in the county of Barkin Ladi 200 Farmers were bloodily massacred by masked men who are believed to be herders. The tension between farmers and herders are the faults of overpopulation, not enough land, and religion. Overpopulation and the land problem go hand in hand. The more people that are farmers and herders, the less area for them to use for farming and herding. Herders herd their herds on farmland which destroy crops and piss off the farmers, the farmers farm their farm on grazing fields for herders which pisses of herders. Religion plays a part in this tension because the farmers are Christian and the herders are Muslim, so naturally, they don't like each other much.
      The people of Barkin Ladi have taken up the task of keeping the peace to themselves. Armed with homemade guns and formed as a vigilante group the farmers and herders have created a state of peace for both sides, while they still might not like each other all the way they share the common goal of staying safe and maintaining a state of peace. The type of peace is negative because the only thing that is accomplished from these vigilante movements is the absence of violence against herders and farmers.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/12/10/feature/the-ordinary-people-keeping-the-peace-in-nigerias-deadly-land-feuds/?utm_term=.494c1da37d08

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