Tag Benue security crisis

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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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FULANI HERDSMEN: EJEH ACCEPTS DECEPTION OF PEACE ACCORD AND  APOLOGIZED

By Morgan Adikwu

The facade has finally crumbled! Hon. James Melvin Ejeh, the Agatu Local Government Chairman, has unwittingly admitted the failure of his much-hyped ‘peace accord’ with Fulani herdsmen after the bloodbath in Apa LGA exposed its true nature—a sham built on deceit and political servitude.

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FULANI PEACE AGREEMENT: RAPE AS A WEAPON OF TERROR IN APA, AS MINOR, OTHERS FALL VICTIMS

Fresh Attacks in Jato-Aka, While Alia, Ejeh, and Ochega Remain Silent

By Morgan Adikwu

A fresh wave of horror has engulfed Apa as Fulani herdsmen escalate their brutality, not just through killings and farm destruction, but through the most horrifying form of violence—rape. These atrocities, happening under the so-called peace deal brokered by Governor Hyacinth Alia, the “Ambassador of Fulani Herdsmen Resettlement in Benue,” James Melvin Ejeh, and Apa Local Government Chairman, Adah Ochega, expose the glaring failure of their leadership and betrayal of their people.

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