Tag Ankpali massacre

From Healing Mass to Mass Burial: A Dilemma of Alia’s Political Treachery

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By Morgan Adikwu

Governor Hyacinth Alia’s rise to power was ushered in by prayers and promises — a symbolic healing mass that painted him as a divine remedy to Benue’s deep wounds. But two years on, that sacred image lies in ruins. What began as hope has unravelled into horror. From healing mass to mass burial, the people of Benue are now engulfed in a nightmare they never voted for — an unending bloodbath.

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FROM PEACE ACCORDS TO GENOCIDE: THE UNTOLD TRUTH BEHIND ANKPALI MASSACRE

*The Alia Blame Game, Fulani Strategy and the Collapse of Governance in Benue
*In Memory of Ijamu Jaha Ochoechi

By Morgan Adikwu

The gruesome massacre of over a dozen residents in Ankpali Edikwu, Apa Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday, June 1, 2025, has left in its wake not just corpses but deep political, moral, and legal questions. Among the casualties was late Ijamu Jaha Ochoechi, the General Youth Leader of Edikwu Community—a committed voice for justice and a bulwark against the creeping terror. His loss is personal, communal, and symbolic of the broader ethnic cleansing unfolding under the nose of an allegedly complicit state government.

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