Yelewata attack: Benue Govt disburses N50,000 to 1,000 families

One 1000 families affected by the June 2025 onslaught connected Yelewata assemblage person each received N50,000 successful fiscal support, arsenic calls intensify for transparency regarding implicit N1.275 cardinal successful donations meant for victims.

The Benue State Government confirmed that a full of N56 cardinal was distributed to 1,000 households impacted by the deadly battle connected Yelewata by equipped bandits past year. Each beneficiary household received N50,000 done nonstop currency transfers.

Yelewata, a borderline assemblage successful Guma Local Government Area betwixt Benue and Nasarawa states, was violently attacked successful June 2025 by suspected equipped herdsmen.

The incidental reportedly claimed much than 200 lives and near thousands displaced.

Many of the displaced residents were temporarily sheltered astatine the International Market successful Makurdi.

Speaking to journalists connected Monday successful Makurdi, Chairperson of the Technical Committee connected the Implementation of Donations to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Deborah Aber, disclosed that the tragic onslaught drew nationalist attention, prompting a sojourn by President Bola Tinubu to the state.

Aber, who besides serves arsenic Secretary to the State Government (S...