New Delhi: Not less than 100 individuals have misplaced their lives in a brutal assault by gunmen on the village of Yelewata in Nigeria’s central Benue state, based on Amnesty Worldwide Nigeria.
The assault, which occurred on Friday night time and spilled into Saturday morning, has left many extra lacking, dozens injured, and households traumatized.
“The horrifying killing of over 100 individuals by gunmen that invaded Yelewata; from late Friday into the early hours of Saturday 14 June 2025, reveals the safety measures authorities claims to be implementing within the state will not be working,” the submit stated.
“Many individuals are nonetheless lacking…dozens injured and left with out satisfactory medical care. Many households had been locked up and burnt inside their bedrooms,” the submit added.
The Nigerian authorities should instantly finish the virtually each day bloodshed in Benue state and produce the precise perpetrators to justice.
The horrifying killing of over 100 individuals by gunmen that invaded Yelewata; from late Friday into the early hours of Saturday 14 June 2025, reveals…
— Amnesty Worldwide Nigeria (@AmnestyNigeria) June 14, 2025
The violence in Benue State is a component of a bigger battle between herders and farmers over land use, exacerbated by ethnic and non secular tensions. The area, located in Nigeria’s Center Belt, has witnessed quite a few clashes between predominantly Muslim herders and largely Christian farmers.
The assault on Yelewata village is one in all many incidents within the area, with key statistics highlighting the severity of the disaster: over 500 lives misplaced since 2019, round 2.2 million individuals displaced, and up to date assaults claiming at the very least 42 lives within the Gwer West district. Amnesty Worldwide studies that between Might 2023 and Might 2025, at the very least 10,217 individuals had been killed in assaults by gunmen throughout a number of states, with Benue accounting for the very best demise toll of 6,896.