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The Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has reacted to the arrest of suspected notorious killer herdsmen, Idi Gemun, Aliyu Teshaku and others by the Nigerian troops in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.

On Tuesday, the Nigerian police force paraded persons accused of supplying arms to armed persons who have been attacking communities in Benue and Taraba States.

The Benue State tribal leaders, under the aegis of Mdzough U Tiv (MUT), Idoma National Forum and Omi-Ny’Igede, have lamented the recent media report alleging that Tiv youths attacked the Hausa community in Makurdi, leading to the death of 10 persons. Chairman of the tribal leaders, Chief Edward Ujege, in a statement, yesterday, in Makurdi lamented that the purported report of reprisal following the attack on St. Ignatius Quasi Parish in Mbalom, Gwer East Local Government Area of the state, where two priests and 17 worshippers were killed, was mischievous, callous and insulting. He said: “We wish to state categorically that nothing of sort took place in Makurdi or anywhere else in Benue. It is a tissue of lies and falsehood concocted to profile the Tiv youths in bad light. “We consider the said report as part of the well planned agenda by our traducers to change the narrative in the state. It must be noted that in the face of unprovoked and horrendous attacks on farming com...

I stumbled over this article written by a father ,Steve Acka ,of his conversation with his son. He lamented on the current battle between the herders and farmers and the long battle between the Tiv and Fulani people.  Why they always fought!

On Tuesday, the Nigerian police force paraded persons accused of supplying arms to armed persons who have been attacking communities in Benue and Taraba States.

There have been speculations that the Benue state governor,Samuel Ortom, was set to dump his party,The All Progressive Congress to another party to seek reelection in 2019, but it turned out the news is false as the govwrnor once again has come out to  refute the report of his alleged plan to dump the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2019 general elections. Ortom, in recent interview stated that he remained loyal to the ruling party and had no plans to defect to another party. The governor through his Chief Press Secretary, Tever Akase, stated that the report was apparently sponsored by members of the opposition aimed at causing disaffection between him and leadership of the APC. According to the statement, “We read a report in a national daily of today which named Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom as one of the All Progressives Congress, APC leaders planning to defect to another political party. “The report which is obviously sponsored is not only false ...

A media personality and scholar, Farooq Kperogi, has shared a video of the herdsmen who he alleged killed two catholic priests and 17 parishioners in Benue state on April 24th dancing and jubilating wearing the church's choir robes.

So there's an audio currently trending online which is alleged to be the voice recording involving Benue most wanted millitia ,Terwase Akwaza popularly refered as "ghana" spilling some top secrets concerning the insecurities in Benue. Although, the interview was done in 2016 according to reports but no one ever heard of it untill now. In the 36 minutes audio recording one Facebook user Msuen Amin Peteraction, Terwase Akwaza noted the following... 1. That 2.5 Billion was released for the amnesty but the Ortom administration and co- travellers siphoned the money and he got only 6 million with his gang. 2. That Joe Ikyaagba had no reason to kill Denen Igbana and possibly had nothing to do with the latter's death. 3. That Denen Igbana was indeed a dirty cop. 4. That Denen Igbana was behind the abduction of officom's wife. 5. That Denen Igbana had a fall out with the gang he used in carrying out the kidnapping after he took 8.5 million from the 10 million r...

As we approach the country's general elecion in 2019. The Tor Tiv IV, and  Chairman of the Benue State Traditional Council, Prof. James Ayatse, has declared that it was high time the middle belt region produced the president of Nigeria. The traditional ruler made this declaration on Saturday when a former Nigerian Ambassador to Canada, Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher, paid him a courtesy visit on his intentions to run for president. The Tor Tiv told him it was the turn of central Nigeria to produce the president, after years of sacrifice for national unity and stability. He said, “Election in Nigeria is not all about money; there is something Nigerians are looking for. “We have been on our own for over 50 years. The Middle Belt has suffered for the unity of Nigeria, yet power continues to rotate between the South and the far North; power has not resided with us in the Middle Belt since the civil rule era. So, I think it’s about time a Middle Belt person led Nigeria.” Hagher, who...

 Yesterday, Makurdi High Court led by Justice I. A. Tyonyiman granted an ex parte motion brought before it by the Benue government against the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and others over the killings in the state, Daily post reports. In the suit against Abdullahi Bello Bodejo; Huseini Yusuf Bosso; Saleh Alhasan; Alhaji Lagogi; Mallam Mumini Abdullahi; Mohammed Adamu and Ibrahim Sule; the government is seeking a redress pursuant to Section 185 (b) of the Criminal Procedure Code Cap 51 Laws of Benue State 2004. Counsel to the plaintiff, Mr. Andrew Wombo, said the accused were being charged on eight counts, including mischief by fire, conspiracy, grievous hurt, arson, attempted murder, murder, among others. Addressing newsmen shortly after the sitting, Wombo said they had instituted the criminal case against the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Kauttal Hore and some herdsmen for “instigating the murder of innocent citizens of the state between December 31, 20...

The legal battle to bring the accused persons alleged to have kidnapped and murdered late Revd. Father Alexander Adeyi in April 2016 to book continued today at the High Court of Justice Holden at Makurdi, Benue state Capital before His Lordship Hon. Justice Aondover Kakaán. The matter which was slated for hearing today continued with the examination of two prosecution witnesses; PW7 through whom the prosecution tendered an electronically generated evidence, a DVD containing the video-recorded confession of the accused persons and PW8, the younger brother of the deceased Reverend Father, who gave a chronological testimony of how the Revd. Father was kidnapped and how he was able to pay the ransom which was demanded by the accused persons only to discover after the arrest, interrogation and confession of the accused persons that his late elder brother was murdered a day before he went to pay the ransom. From the oral testimony of PW7, it was gathered that four suspects were arr...

Inspite of all the donnations and media hype, alleging that the Internally Displaced Persons at camps in Benue state are well fed, these new pictures seem to prove othewise. A disturbed Doctor Dooga who has been on camps helping the displaced persons just shared these photos of malnurished looking kids and some with medical conitions at the IDP at Gbajimba,Guma local government area. The doctor expressing disappointment on how they affected victims were looking took to his page sharing the pics and wrote; WE SHOULD NOT BE QUIET. If God has given us life to see what I have seen in my short life as Doctor in Benue state, majority of the graphic pictorial I can never bring my self to put them here, but keeping quiet will be a Sin. Non of these innocent souls should go through the pain they bear. And to realized that after all we have gone through and at the height of my pain and anger, it is my duty as a Christian to forgive, the greatest heart break of my life. For all those be...

The Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom has stated that it was “not correct” for his security aides to have been withdrawn by the inspector general of police, Ibrahim Idris, while he was on his annual leave. He made the comments on Monday, April 30, during an interactive session with journalists, Independent reports. Ortom’s security aides, among them, his chief detail, orderly, and aide-de-camp, were reportedly transferred to other locations when he was on leave. It was gathered that, Ortom however pointed out that the most important thing was that the act had been corrected; whether it was done in “error or mischief”. He said aides were restored the very next day, after the state government had called the IGP’s attention to the matter. The withdrawal had been interpreted by some people, as an attempt to make the governor vulnerable to assassination. Following the implementation of the anti- open grazing law, the governor had also previously alleged that there were plan...

Following the arrest of militia gang leader and a Boko Haram escapee ,Alhaji Aminu Tashaku of been the mastermind behind all the killings in Benue state. Aliyu Aminu Tashaku is an appointee of the governor Samuel Ortom's administration as the head of CJTF in Benue state. Premium Times has brought up a raw petition written last year by Shitile community in Katsina-ala accussing the the the Civilian Joint Task,CJTF sponsored by the Benue state government of maiming,killing and kidnapping residents in the community. Read the petition below.. Members of Shitile community in Katsina Ala Local Government Area of Benue State are accusing a militia of kidnapping and killing residents. The residents sent a petition to the presidency and other local and international human rights organisations on the matter. They named the militia as Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, and said it reportedly has the support of the state government. In the petition, dated July 24, 2017 and sign...

Read press release below... The Benue State Police Command's attention has been drawn to rumors going round in the State, especially in Makurdi Metropolis that there is going to be restriction of movement tomorrow. 2. The Command wishes to state that, apart from being untrue, the rumors is mischievous, misleading and could best be described as the handiwork of some criminally minded elements who don't mean well for the State. 3. The general public is, therefore, enjoined to disregard this unfounded rumor and go about their lawful businesses without any fear of intimidation or molestation from any quota as necessary measures have been put in place to forestall any untoward occurrence, please. The Nigeria Police Force  Benue State Command 29/04/2018

72 Commandant Battalion in Makurdi , Benue State , Lt .- Col . Suleiman Mohammed, on Saturday , paraded three herdsmen captured by troops in the state,Punch reports. The herdsmen were said to have been captured by soldiers on patrol last Thursday while planning another deadly attack on the Guma Local Government Area of the state. Mohammed said the herdsmen had engaged the troops in a fierce battle before three of them were captured . One of them was said to have been wounded. The herdsmen were identified as Abubakar Umaru , Yusuf Yaro and Adam Likita. Speaking on the whereabouts of the Boko Haram kingpin , Aminu Yaminu, alias Tashaku , arrested on Friday, the commandant said the suspect was in military custody , adding that investigation was ongoing. He said, “ The three (members of) militia paraded were arrested in the Guma area , where they were planning another attack . “ Immediately they sighted the troops , they engaged them in gunfire , but the troops were able t...

Just few days after the arrest of wanted Boko Haram leader in Benue state, the leader of Cattle Breeders Association ,Benue state chapter, Gololo has come out granting interview on how the Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom used and dumped them ahead of 2019 elections.  Read the full interview below... Herdsmen in Benue have provided fresh insight into the recent killings and crisis rocking the state. Coordinator of the Benue State chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Garius Gololo, revealed that the genesis of the recent killings could be traced to the decision of Governor Samuel Ortom to use the herdsmen during the election and later dumped them. He says Governor Ortom also breached an agreement the state government had with Fulani herdsmen in the state shortly after he assumed office in May, 2015, as part of measures to restore peace to Agatu Local Government Area of the state, which was engulfed in crisis at the time. In a...

A Nigerian journalist,Ahmad Salkida,known to have access to the leadership of Boko Haram, says Aliyu Tashaku, the insurgent commander, captured in Benue state, once shared a cell with Mohammed Yusuf, founder of the sect. The army arrested Tashaku, who is head of Benue livestock guards, the group enforcing compliance of the anti-grazing law in the state, on Friday. He was accused of masterminding some of the deadly attacks recorded across the state from January 1. Three months before Tashaku’s arrest, Salkida alerted the public that the insurgent leader escaped from Boko Haram camp. In an article entitled ‘The Nigerian killing fields’, the journalist said the leadership of the sect accused the head of Benue vigilante group of disappearing with Boko Haram’s arms budget. “Curiously, Benue state is host to self-help militias in north-central Nigeria, where a self-confessed member of the Boko Haram sect, Aliyu Tashaku, is now recognized by the state as a leader of a vigilante g...

There's tension at Welfere quarters extension , near Mobile Barracks road, around Upaha village Makurdi, Benue state after herdsmen reportedly killed two persons in fresh attack several sources confirms.  Read the report below according to a Facebook user: Fulani herdsmen on rampage at Tse Upaha welfere quarters Mobile Barracks road makurdi kill two,  people are running for their safety, though security personnel have just arrive at the scene. In the pictures residents of the area could be seen parking out of the area.  Although, Queendoosh  have spoken to some residents at the area who confirmed that it was true. He however, stated that some security operatives were presently at the scene trying to restore normalcy.  More photos below...