Tag Benue killings

*Pass Vote of Confidence, Dismiss ADC as Political Misadventure

ABUJA – A delegation of Benue South elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), based in Abuja, has thrown its weight behind the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Dr. George Akume, affirming full support for the President’s 2027 re-election bid and applauding ongoing reforms aimed at reviving the Nigerian economy and restoring security across volatile regions, including Benue State.

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

#BenueLivesMatter

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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PRESS RELEASE

YELWATA MASSACRE: BENUE BLEEDS, GOVERNMENT SLEEPS – ADVOCATES DEMAND URGENT GLOBAL INTERVENTION 

*As Calls Mount for Federal Action For Declaration of  State of Emergency Option in Benue

By: Accountability and Development Advocates
Date: June 15, 2025

The Accountability and Development Advocates (ADA) is heartbroken and outraged by the mass killing of over 200 Nigerians in Yelwata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, on Friday, June 13, 2025, in yet another brutal and coordinated attack by suspected Fulani jihadist herdsmen. This carnage, which consumed women, children, the elderly, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and even security personnel, is the latest in a long trail of bloodshed that has come to define Governor Hyacinth Alia’s two years in office — two years that have been bereft of leadership, strategy, and political will to confront the deepening security catastrophe in Benue State.

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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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NYSC Withdraws Corps Members in Benue as Government Denies Herdsmen Killings

In a damning confirmation of the ongoing bloodbath in Benue State, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has officially withdrawn corps members from Mbaa community in Kwande Local Government Area due to relentless attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen. While the state government continues to downplay and outright deny the killings ravaging Benue, this latest move by NYSC exposes the grim reality: Benue is under siege, and the government is failing its people.

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