4 October 2026
Cattle rustling in Plateau
OpenWatch has recorded 70 reported cattle rustling incidents in Plateau State, 38 of them in the last 12 months. That is 4% of every incident recorded in the state, and ranks it 1 of 6 among the states where cattle rustling is reported often enough to profile.
Incidents · 12 mo
38
Fatalities · 12 mo
14
Incidents · all-time
70
Fatalities · all-time
191
Latest reported cattle rustling in Plateau
1 October 2026 · Jos East
Herder shot dead by suspected rustlers in Jos East
1 October 2026 · Mangu
Troops arrest cattle rustling suspect in Mangu
1 October 2026 · Jos South
Troops recover rustled cows along Shen Road
26 September 2026 · Wase
Troops recover 57 rustled cattle in Wase
25 September 2026 · Bokkos
Troops arrest suspect selling stolen cow in Bokkos
24 September 2026 · Mangu
Herder killed, 42 cattle rustled in Mangu
24 September 2026 · Mangu
Herder killed, 30 cattle rustled in Mangu
24 September 2026 · Barkin Ladi
Herder shot dead, cattle rustled in Gyambwas
24 September 2026 · Barkin Ladi
Cow slaughtered inside Bisichi primary school
Other threats in Plateau
About these figures
Counts cover incidents classified as cattle rustling in Plateau State, drawn from OpenWatch’s incident record, excluding retracted reports and duplicates merged into an earlier report. Figures update hourly. Last recorded: 4 October 2026.
Reported numbers are a floor, not a census. Incidents in remote areas are routinely under-reported, and classification follows how an event was described in reporting, so a low count is not a guarantee of safety. See the full Plateau risk profile for every threat type, or the methodology for how incidents are collected and classified.
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