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Speaker 1: Venue State Governor, Reverend Father Hyacinth Lormamalia, has confirmed the

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killing of twenty three persons by herdsmen who invaded the

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Naka community and other communities in Arper and gw Are

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West local government areas on Sunday. The governor, in a

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statement he issued on his personal ex social media profile,

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said the attacks on the locals were unprovoked. On Tuesday,

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large numbers of women were seen on protest march in

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Upper Local Government Area over the weekend herdsman killings, which

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the women said have continued unabated due to government negligent

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attitude of governance. The women, dressed in black and carrying placards,

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marched through major roads demanding urgent intervention from the state

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and federal governments. The women gathered at the major road

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in Ubokpo, the local government area headquarters, expressing deep anguish

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over the escalating violence that has left many widowed and

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children orphaned. It was gathered that communities Lei Kajahar, Kobe

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heeduqu Ang Pally and Odigbo have suffered multiple deadly attacks

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in recent times. Protesting with one of the placard inscriptions

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voice of the Hopeless Women. The women presented a letter

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at the local government headquarters detailing their pain over what

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they described as relentless assaults on their families, homes and

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farm lands. Venuay State Governor Hyacinth Lormammalia, in a statement,

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stated that it is with a heavy heart that I

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confirm the loss of twenty three innocent lives, twelve in

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Upper and eleven in gw of West local government areas

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due to brutal and unprovoked attacks. These killings are unacceptable,

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and as your governor, I will not sit idle while

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our communities are turned into killing fields. Following an emergency

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Security Council meeting this morning at Government House, I have

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ordered joint security forces to immediately move into the affected

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areas and beyond. Their mission is clear, stop the violence

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week the communities and restore peace. This government stands firmly

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with every grieving family and displaced resident. We are mobilizing

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every available resource to protect lives and bring those responsible

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for these heinous acts to justice. More updates will follow

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as our security teams are on the ground. I urge

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all citizens to remain vigilant and co operate with security

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operatives as they carry out the duty. Venue State Police

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Command of the Nigeria Police Force, in a statement on Monday,

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said that the Commissioner of Police in the state has

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redeployed and relocated some of its top offices to the

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affected communities with a mandate to restore peace and order

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and as well arrest perpetrators of the crime. The Venue

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State Police Command, under the leadership of CPM and Area Feigny,

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has deployed resources to flash points in the state including

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Uper and gw A West local government areas, where ten

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and twelve persons lost their lives respectively and five others

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were hospital in the last one month. Personnel posted to

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these areas have been contending with these attackers and have

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suppressed them in most areas. Unfortunately, these drowning bandits searched

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for vulnerable persons and attacked them, killing some persons on

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the first of June twenty twenty five. However, the CP

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assures affected communities of his resolve to fight these attackers

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till they submit to the rule of law. He has

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deployed additional police officers to beef up security and mandated

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and arrest offenders and prevent such unprovoked attacks. The CP

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commiserates with families and friends of the deceased and redeploys

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personnel to cover up entries and exits to flashpoints, the

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police stated as contained in the press release signed and

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made available by D. S. P Udemede, the Police Command

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Public Relations Officer. Meanwhile, the former Elamor State governor and

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former presidential candidate of Labour Party in the last concluded

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Nigeria general elections, Peter Obey, in a statement some days ago,

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blamed the continued killings and high level of insecurity in

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Nigeria on leadership failure. He said, the news of the

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continued senseless killings that have gripped parts of Taraba Venue

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and Coggy States in recent times is heart breaking. What

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we are witnessing is not merely violence. It is a

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failure of leadership and a gaping wound in the soul

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of our nation. In recent months, a wave of violence

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has devastated communities across Taraba Venue and Coggy claiming countless

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lives and wiping out families. Among the victims are children,

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women and even men of faith, casualties of a prolonged

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crisis that shows no sign of abating. The bloodshed is staggering,

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yet the response remains weak. And muted. As homes are

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destroyed in communities torn apart, we risk normalizing the unacceptable

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mass killings, displacement, and the collapse of law and order.

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These are not mere statistics. There are fellow Nigerians. Each

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life lost is a tragedy that must not be ignored.

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I have always maintained that the primary duty of the

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national government is the protection of life and property. When

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this duty is repeatedly ignored, when innocent citizens are butchered

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and nothing changes, we must ask ourselves what kind of

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nation are we building? What future are we promising our children.

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I’m worn with the good people of Taraba, Benue and Coggi.

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I share the grief and I feel their pain. But

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I also raise my voice because silence in the face

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of such horror is complicity. We need urgent action, not rhetoric.

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We need justice, not excuses. We as leaders must value

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human life and will defend it with everything we have.

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Nigeria cannot continue like this. This is not the Nigeria

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we deserve. We must end this bloodshed. We must reclaim

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our humanity. Peter Obi stated, as one rebe bring in

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