A razor-thin election victory in Nigeria’s Plateau State has prompted observers to question whether ethnic-cleansing raids by terrorists seek to tilt next year’s presidential elections. More than a decade of seemingly endless attacks on Nigeria’s rural populations has seen radical insurgents capturing large territories across the country’s north. The displacements and demographic distortions across hundreds of communities have raised fears of political takeover by radicalized Muslims, according to lawmakers who spoke to The Epoch Times. “What I see this trying to do is to foist a foreign government on communities,” Simon Mwadkwon, a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, told The Epoch Times. More than 2.7 million people—chiefly northern Nigerian minorities—have fled their homes in recent years due to armed attacks linked to terrorists from the Fulani tribe, according to Stefanos foundation. Terrorists who identify as Fulani—a large ethnic group in West Africa with more than 20 million members …
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