Monday June 16, 2025|
Hundreds of youths in Benue State, Sunday , June 15, blocked major roads to protest the continuous attacks, killings, and displacement of people in the state by armed herders, according to Vanguard newspaper reports.
Recall that rampaging herdsmen killed no fewer than 200 men, women, children and internally displaced persons in Yeluwata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State on Saturday.
This came as President Bola Tinubu ordered security chiefs to fish out perpetrators of the bloodletting in Benue State, describing the killings as inhuman and anti-progress
The angry youths, in their thousands took over the popular Wurukum Roadabout in Makurdi and called on the Federal Government to live up to its responsibility, which is to protect all the citizens.
The youths urged security agencies to redouble their efforts to ensure that all displaced people return to their ancestral homes and continue with their normal lives, as they rebuffed attempt by the state Deputy Governor, Dr. Sam Ode to address them.
It took the intervention of Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, VDM, who prevailed on the angry Benue youths to end their protest over the massacre in the state after they took over the popular Wurukum Roadabout, yesterday.
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has condemned the latest attack, saying that nothing should warrant the taking of lives.
This came as the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Emenari Ifeanyi, said that the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, has taken over the security of the state.
