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The confrontation ended after an intervention by the Benue State Police Commissioner. [4] Governor Samuel Ortom the next day reiterated statements for civilians to defend themselves against bandits and herdsmen. [6] The Security Adviser to Ortom, Lt. Col. Paul Hemba, stated that the death toll was likely to increase as bodies were still being ...
Nigerian senator Abah Moro, who represents Odugbeho's area of Benue in the Nigerian Senate, condemned the attack and stated 40 people were killed. [3] The spokesman for the Benue State police stated that the police had knowledge of the attack and would send reinforcements from Operation Whirl Stroke to the area. [6]
Politically, Benue's 2019 elections were categorized as a swing back towards the PDP in the aftermath of Ortom's 2018 defection back to the party. On the federal level, PDP nominee Atiku Abubakar narrowly won the state after Buhari had won it in 2015; legislatively, the PDP swept all three Senate seats and won seven House of Representatives seats.
According to the Nigerian politician Senator David Mark, over 500 people have been killed. [7] [8] However, this number has been disputed.The Inspector General of Police (IGP) said as reported by Punch Nigeria newspaper that "I was around, I travelled to Benue State, I did not see where 300 people were buried."
The 163 Chinese workers found by Brazil's labor ministry in what it described as "slavery-like conditions" at a factory construction site owned by Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD have been ...
The Brazilian government on Wednesday said it is scrambling to fund a joint operation with United Nations agencies to resettle Venezuelan migrants in Brazil after President Donald Trump imposed a ...
Hyacinth Alia was born on 15 May 1966, [4] in Mbangur, Mbadede, Vandeikya local government area of Benue State. [5] He got his First School Leaving Certificate from St. Francis Primary school, Agidi, Mbatiav in Gboko local government area of the state and in 1983, he enrolled at St. James Minor Seminary, Makurdi. [6]
Benue valley, Northern region, now Benue State: Unknown number of victims Occurred during protests for the creation of Benue state from the Northern region [1] 1966 Anti-Igbo pogrom: July and August 1966 Northern Nigeria: 8000-30,000 [2] Targeted killings of Igbo people in Northern Nigeria in revenge for the coup of January 15, 1966. [3] Asaba ...