Tinubu Confirms 'No Arrest Made' Over 100 Killed In Benue

Tinubu Confirms 'No Arrest Made' Over 100 Killed In Benue https://ift.tt/qu29RLw #Issues #Benue #Dauda #Tinubu #Yelewata ©June 19th, 2025 ®June 19, 2025 8:11 pm Almost one week after gunmen locked people; including children, women and elderly inside their rooms, macheted them, poured petrol on them and set them ablaze at Yelewata community in Guma local government area of Benue State last Friday night, Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday at a town hall meeting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, confirmed that Nigeria security operatives have made no arrest since the incident occurred while apparently taking advantage of the ceremonial like town hall meeting to query the Inspector General of Nigeria Police Force, Kayode Egbetokun and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa for not making arrest ever since the incident occurred, with the Presidency in a press statement on Wednesday confirming that 100 people were killed in the attack but local media and residents stated that more than 200 people were sent to their early grave during the attack, this, Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications after visiting the Yelewata community a day ahead of the president visit to Makurdi, was seen in one of the photographs with a caption “Wednesday: Yelewata Village Market that was attacked. A walk through. President Tinubu, Commander In Chief arrives Makurdi” posted on his personal verified X social media handle, apparently covering his nose with a thick handkerchief probably following the unpleasant condition of the environs that he could no longer endured the odours or stench emitting in the environment as a result of the mass murder, with the two time former governor of the state, and Senator that once represented Benue North West Senatorial District which Yelewata is inclusive, and the current Secretary to the Government of Federation in Nigeria, George Akume saying that on Tuesday when he visited the crime scene, the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, BSUTH  and the camp where the Internally Displaced People are currently taking refuge, survivors from the attack spoke to him through tears and after watching some of them at the hospital beds battling for their lives, the SGF said “The Pain Is Raw”. #OsazuwaAkonedo