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Speaker 1: Almost one week after gunman locked people including children, women

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and elderly inside their rooms, marketed them, poured petrol on

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them and set them ablaze at Yellowata community in Gumma

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Local Government area of Benue State last Friday night. Nigeria

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President Bolahamedenubu on Wednesday, at a town hall meeting in McCurdy,

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the Benue State capital, confirmed that Nigeria security operatives have

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made no arrest since the incident occurred, while apparently taking

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advantage of the ceremonial like town hall meeting to queering

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the Inspector General of Nigeria Police Force, Caryo deeg Betoken

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and the Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa for

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not making arrest ever since the incident occurred, with the

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Presidency in a press statement on Wednesday confirming that one

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hundred people were killed in the attack, but local media

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and residents stated that more than two hundred people were

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sent to their early grave during the attack. This Sunday, daryc,

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Special Advisor to the President on Media and Public Communications,

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after visiting the Yellowata community a day ahead of the

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president visit to McCurdy, was seen in one of the

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photographs with a caption Wednesday, Yellowata village market that was

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attacked a walk through President Danubu Commander in Chief Arrives

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McCurdy posted on his personal verified ex social media handle,

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apparently covering his nose with a thick handkerchief, probably following

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the unpleasant condition of the environs that he could no

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longer endure the odors or stench omitting in the environment

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as a result of the mass murder, with the two

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time former governor of the state and senator that once

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represented Venue North West Senatorial District which Yellowata is inclusive,

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and the current Secretary to the Government of Federation in Nigeria,

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Georgia Coum, saying that on Tuesday, when he visited the

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crime scene, the Benue State University Teaching Hospital bsut H

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and the camp where the internally displaced people are currently

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taking refuge, survivors from the attacks spoke to him through

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tears and after watching some of them at the hospital

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beds battling for their lives, the SGF said the pain

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is law. On Thursday afternoon, reports from Yellowa Are indicated

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that victims of the attack camped at the International market

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have blocked the road in protest over alleged poor food supply,

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also accusing government officials of mismanaging relief materials meant for them.

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At the town hall meeting with President Bola Ahmed to Nubu,

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the paramount ruler of the Tib tribe taughtive James Francis

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Hayat’s challenge what he described as dangerous misrepresentations of the

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Venue crisis. It’s not heard as farmers clashes, not communal

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clashes or reprisal attacks. It is a calculated, well planned,

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full scale genocidal invasion and land grabbing campaign by herder,

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terrorists and bandits. The traditional ruler stated. He wore that

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the mislabeling of the crisis had fuel dangerous policy prescriptions.

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Wrong diagnosis will always lead to wrong treatment. This is war,

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the monic declared, describing the attacks as a decade’s long

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campaign against the Tib and Adoma people. According to People’s

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Gazette news media, about one hundred persons, including toddlers, were

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locked up and burnt in their bedrooms in an overnight

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attack by suspected herdsmen in Yellowater and Dowdou communities in

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Venue State. Amnesty International claimed in a statement on Saturday,

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community leader Matthew Mnyan put the death toll at two hundred,

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noting that the number of wounded people exceeded forty. Children’s

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throats were slit and petrol was poured on some residents

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before the attackers set them ablaze, said mister Mnyan, who

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is among the community leaders in Yellowater and previously worked

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as acting chairman of the Benue State Universal Basic Education Board.

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The suspected herdsman attacked Yellowater from two ends between late

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Friday and early Saturday, killing everyone in their path, including

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youths and security agents who tried to fend them off.

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The herdsmen, in their large numbers and coordinated attacks, overpowered them.

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Mister m n Yan said the herders attacked the communities

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around eleven pm on Friday from the western part and

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medfiers resistance from the youth and other security agents. He

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explained that another group of herdsmen attacked Yellowater from the

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eastern part and overpowered the youth before launching the attacks

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on the residents, most of whom were internally displaced persons

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from other parts of the state who sought refuge in

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market stalls due to their proximity to police stations. They

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killed our people, polled petrol on the stalls in the

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market and burned them. Mister m n Yan said. In

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those stalls we had people who moved from places such

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as branch eu Day and people displaced from nearby villages

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who slept in them because of the proximity of the

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police and soldiers there. And we learned no soldier came

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out to defend the people. The community leaders said the

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death scenes were gruesome as families of twelve and fifteen

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were burned beyond recognition as of now from the names

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they are putting together and the number of families and

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people that were burnt and killed a running to over

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two hundred now. They killed and burned people in the houses.

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They will poor petrol and burn the whole place where

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people were sleeping. We had a family of fifteen, some

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families of twelve men with their two wives, children and

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every one of them burnt. It is a terrible sight,

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said the community leader. Punch newspaper in a report on Thursday,

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citing News Agency of Nigeria NAN stated that the Benue

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State Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps, Missus Veronica Garba,

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said that core members in crisis areas have been evacuated

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into family houses in McCurdy. Gaba made this known in

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an interview with The News Whose Agency of Nigeria on

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Thursday in Wenune, tak a local government area of Banu.

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The coordinator said that as soon as they heard about

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the crisis, the management communicated with the police who evacuated

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the core members from both Yellowata and Dadu areas. Garba

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said the Corps members were instantly settled at their family houses,

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including offices of the Nigeria Corpers Christian Fellowship, National Association

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of Catholic Corps Members and Muslim Corpers Association of Nigeria.

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We do not joke with the safety of our core

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members because we take them as our children. So as

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soon as we heard about the crisis, we contacted the

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Commissioner of Police who detailed his offices to help us

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evacuate our core members. We then did our head count

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and none was missing, so we arranged with the heads

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of all the family houses and got them settled in

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McCurdy for now, pending when the situation will improve. She said.

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She urged parents to be calm, saying that their children

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were safe. The co ordinator also assured parents that with

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the relocation of security chiefs to Benue, the situation would improve.

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I am sure that the parents of our corps members

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have heard that all the security chiefs have moved to Bernu,

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so they have no reason to fear. Above all, God,

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who is the safest security is everywhere. He is with

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your children too, Gaba, said Mayo Onnnugu, the Special Adviser

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to the President on Information and Strategy, in a news

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release on Wednesdays, stated that President Bola Tanubu has directed

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the Inspector General of Police, Carlo Degbetoken and the Chief

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of Defense Staff, Christopher Busa to immediately arrest killerherders who

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perpetrated the heinous killing of over one hundred people in

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Yellowata community in Benue State. President Tanubu gave the directive

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while addressing stakeholders at the Government House Markoudi. The meeting

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included the Secretary to the Federal Government, Georgia kumb Tree,

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additional rulers and former governors of the state. The governors

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of Kuara, Imo, Coggee, Plateau, Hondo and Lassarawa also attended

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the meeting. President Tanubu called out the Inspector General of

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Police to know Wyre arrests have not been made. How

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come no one has been arrested for committing this heinous

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crime in Yellowata, Inspector General of Police, where are the arrests?

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The criminals must be arrested immediately, President Tanubu said. He

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urged the heads of the Department of State Services d

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s S and the National Intelligence Agency NEA to intensify

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surveillance and gather actionable intelligence to apprehend the perpetrators. He

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told the Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa, of

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the need for vigilance and collaboration between communities and security forces.

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Advising Venue State Governor Hyacinth Alia on the importance of

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stakeholder management for peaceful and progressive governance, the President urged

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the governor to set up a peace committee in the

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state that will include former governors of Benue, elders, traditional rulers,

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federal government officials and non indigenes living in the state.

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Let us meet again in Abouja. Let’s fashion out a

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framework for lasting peace. I am ready to invest in

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that piece. I assure you we will find peace. We

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will convert this tragedy into prosperity, he said. President Tanubu

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urged Governor Hyacinthalire of Benue’s State to allocate land for ranching,

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and directed the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security to

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follow up. He called for blood donations to support the

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injured receiving treatment at the Benue State Teaching Hospital, where

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he had earlier visited victims and medical staff. While underscoring

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the importance of peace for sustainable development, President Tanubu implored

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the governor to ensure Benue is peaceful, adding that the

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circumstances of his visit this time should not have been

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a reason to visit. I wanted to come here to

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commission projects, to reassure you of hope and prosperity, not

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to see gloomy faces. But peace is vital to development,

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he said. The value of human life is greater than

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that of a cow. We were elected to govern, not

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to bury people, he stressed. He charged Governor Allier with

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working with the federal government to restore peace. Governor Allier,

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you were elected under the progressive manner to insure peace,

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stability and progress. You are not elected to bury people

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or comfort widows and orphans. We will work with you

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to achieve that peace. You must also work with us,

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Not everyone will like you in politics, they hate me too,

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like hell. But here I am still your president. I

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made a promise to protect democracy, freedom and prosperity, even

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for my abuses and accuses. That’s leadership, the president emphasized

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in his remarks. Govern when a Hyacinthalia appealed to the

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federal government to establish a special intervention fund for communities

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affected by repeated violent attacks across Venue State. Your excellency,

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while we continue to mourn our losses and rebuild from

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the ashes of pain, we humbly urge the Federal government

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to consider establishing a special intervention fund for communities affected

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by these incessant attacks in Bernu State, he said. Governor

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Alia said the fund would support the rehabilitation of displaced persons,

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reconstruction of destroyed homes and infrastructure, and the restoration of livelihoods,

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especially for farmers. He reiterated his support for establishing state

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police as a lasting solution to insecurity. The Governor pledged

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his administration’s full commitment to building a safe, stable, prosperous

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Venue State. Also speaking at the meeting, the chairman of

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the Venue State Traditional Council Tortive or Chivari, Professor James

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Ayats praised President Tanubu for being the first sitting president

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to personally visit victims in the hospital in the wake

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of such a tragedy. He thanked the President for appointing

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notable Venue indigenes into key positions, including the Secretary to

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the Government of the Federation and the Minister of Water

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Resources and Sanitation, Professor Joseph Hutzev, while expressing hope that

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more appointments would follow. On the recurring spate of insecurity

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in the state, the monarch took time to address misinformation

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and mischaracterization, saying that land grabbing is at the core

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of the decades long conflict. Your excellency, it is not

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heard of farmer clashes. It is not communal clashes. It

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is not reprisal attacks or skirmishes. What we are dealing

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with here in Venu is a calculated, well planned, full

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scale genocidal invasion and land grabbing campaign by herder terrorists

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and bandits. He cautioned that mischaracterizing the crisis had led

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to inadequate responses and accused some police actors of exploiting

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the situation for selfish game. We hear that some politicians

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would even prefer that the crisis worsens, so it would

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serve as a basis for declaring a state of emergency.

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This is unfortunate. Any politician who prays for more people

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to die for such a project is working against the

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wishes of the people of Benue State, he said. He

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therefore appealed to President Tanubu to restore peace to the state.

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In every part of Nigeria. All we ask of you, Sir,

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is to stop our weeping. Give us peace in Benue State. Sir,

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our people, primarily farmers, can return to their farms and

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continue to produce food for Nigeria. I heard a story

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about a challenge in a place in Kuara State and

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you rose and gave them peace in Kayama. You can

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do that for Venue. Days before the President visit, BeO

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Onanuga had stated in a press release that President Bola

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Tanubu has directed security chiefs to implement his earlier directive

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to bring lasting peace and security to Venue State. President

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Tanubu renewed his order in the wake of the latest

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round of reprisal attacks that led to the death of

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many people. On the President’s directive, intelligence chiefs, the police

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and the military have arrived in the state to direct

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security operations and restore sanity. President Tanubu has equally charged

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the Governor of Benue State with convening reconciliation meetings and

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dialogue among the warring parties to end the incessant bloodshed

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and bring lasting peace and harmonious coexistence between farmers, herders

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and communities. Describing the killings and blood letting as in

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human and anti progress, President Tanubu called on political leaders

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and community leaders in conflict areas to stop fueling the

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crisis through unguarded utterances and statements that could further inflame tensions.

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They should also reign in those who go out to

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cause provocations and ignite reprisal attacks. The latest news of

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wanton killings in Venue State is very depressing. We must

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not allow this blood letting to continue unabated. Enough is

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now enough. I have directed the security agencies to act

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decisively and arrest perpetrators of these evil acts on all

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sides of the conflict and prosecute them. Political and community

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leaders in Venue State must act responsibly and avoid inflammatory

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utterances that could further increase tensions and killings. This is

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the time for Governor Allia to act as a statesman

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and immediately lead the process of dialogue and reconciliation that

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will bring peace to Venue. Our people must live in peace,

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and it is possible when leaders across the divides work

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together in harmony and differences are identified and addressed with fairness,

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openness and justice. Senator Georgiahku, Secretary to the Government of

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the Federation, said in a statement issued via his social

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media handle and stated that I returned home a head

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of President Bola armed Tanubu’s conduc dodolence visit to Benue,

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weighed down by the grief of the Yellowater killings. I

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was at the sights of the attack, met survivors who

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spoke through tears, and visited those fighting for their lives.

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At BSU thh the pain is raw, the sorrow is deep.

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At the market IDP camp, I met families still reeling

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from loss, displaced, grieving and living in difficult conditions. Their

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resilience moved me deeply. This crisis has gone on too long.

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No one deserves to live in fear or uncertainty in

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their own homeland. This really hurts. I brought mister President’s

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heartfelt condolences to the people and the FG’s commitment to

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end this program. But I also bring my personal vow too.

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I will not abandon my own. I will stand with you,

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and we will not rest till our homesteads are secure

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and peace returns to our lands. We have reported that

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the Benue State Governor, Reverend Father Hyacinth Floor Mammalia, had

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confirmed the killing of twenty three persons by herdsman who

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invaded the Nacka community and other communities in Arbor and

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g w Are West local government areas on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: How come no arrest has been made. I expect that

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there should be arrests of just criminals. Chris Dover, thank

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you very much. I watch you your convent. I know,

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yeah you have been pad of staying debus look yeah

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yeah shah, thank all of you.

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Speaker 1: Hm.

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Speaker 2: But we need to keep our air to the grant

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that it gets to those criminals, don’t get them out.

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So d J and I an yes, I said, we

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threw your information channels and let’s have tangible intelligence that

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this will not call again.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much. Thank you. Lady needs in a

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