Tag Fulani herdsmen

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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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BARRISTER NAPOLEON OTACHE CELEBRATES EASTER WITH AGATU PEOPLE, PREACHES FORGIVENESS, PEACE, AND UNITY AMONG ALL AGATU COMMUNITIES

Sunday, 20th APRIL, 2025

The Executive Chairman-elect of Agatu Local Government Council, Barrister Napoleon Otache, celebrated Easter with the people of Agatu Local Government Area. During the Easter celebration, the Council Chairman-elect preached forgiveness as a foundation for love, peace, and unity.

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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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It is both amusing and pathetic that the so-called ambassador of Fulani herdsmen resettlement, who masquerades as an advocate of herdsmen occupation in Benue, has the audacity to accuse me of misleading the public. Yet, rather than addressing the undeniable realities confronting our people, he resorts to feeble defenses and outright falsehoods in an attempt to shield his benefactors.

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The so-called reconciliation initiative between Fulani herdsmen and Apa/Agatu communities, championed by Agatu LGA Chairman James Melvin Ejeh under Governor Hyacinth Alia’s directive, has spectacularly failed. Instead of fostering peace, it has accelerated an outright occupation. The supposed conditions for resettlement—unarmed return, designated grazing areas, and a phased process—were disregarded from the start. Now, Apa is under siege, its villages reduced to ghost towns while the Fulani move in without restraint.

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