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Nigeria: Violence in North-Central Nigeria Reveals Systemic State Failure
- On June 13, 2025, armed militias attacked the Eluwata community in Benue State, killing 47 people and injuring 27 while displacing hundreds.
- This attack followed a pattern of escalating violence in north-central Nigeria, including previous killings and President Bola Tinubu's directive to arrest perpetrators.
- Police arrested 28 suspected masterminds of the Eluwata attack, 22 suspects linked to a June 22 mob attack in Plateau State that killed nine passengers, and five suspects for a separate killing on June 23 in Benue.
- Inspector-General Kayode Egbetokun confirmed all 26 Eluwata suspects are in custody and confessed, with recovered weapons including two machine guns and eight AK-47 rifles.
- Authorities pledged ongoing arrests and urged peace, while President Tinubu advised reconciliation and deployed security forces to quell violence across affected communities.
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As Christians Are Slaughtered, the World Looks Away
It was a night of heavy rainfall in Yelwata, a town in central Nigeria. On Friday June 13, over 500 Christians—many of them women and children—gathered together in temporary shelters in the town’s Market Square. Most of them had fled their homes across the region, hoping to find greater protection in Yelwata from a spate of recent attacks in which Islamist terrorists have massacred Christians.Earlier in the day, the town’s armed vigilantes and a…
Benue, Plateau killings: We’ve arrested 53 suspects — IGP - Daily Trust
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun says no fewer than 53 suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent wave of deadly attacks in Benue and Plateau states. Egbetokun revealed that while 26 were arrested for the attack in Yelewata in Benue State, 22 suspects were nabbed in connection with the Plateau incident and another five in the same Benue. Daily Trust reports that the deadly attacks in both States had claimed dozen…
Benue crisis: Police arrest 28 masterminds of Yelewata massacre
Less than one week after President Bola Tinubu’s directive, 28 suspected masterminds of the killings in Yelewata, in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, have been arrested. Their arrest was disclosed by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun. Addressing a news conference on Tuesday, Egbetokun said the police are pursuing others involved in the killings in Yelewata. The police chief insisted that his officers are not overwhe…
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