Thursday, June 19, 2025 - The Tor Tiv V, James Ayatse, has dismissed claims that the killings in Benue State result from clashes between herders and farmers, calling such assertions misinformation.
During a stakeholders' meeting with President Bola Tinubu in
Benue on Wednesday, June 18, the monarch stated that this misinformation has
led to suggestions encouraging the Benue people to be tolerant and
accommodating.
Ayatse asserted that the killings represent a calculated,
well-planned, full-scale genocidal invasion and land-grabbing campaign by
"herder terrorists and bandits," which has been ongoing for decades.
“We do have
grave concerns about the misinformation and misrepresentation of the security
crisis in Benue State. Your Excellency, it’s not headers-farmers clashes, it’s
not communal clashes, it’s not reprisal attacks or skirmishes
It is this
misinformation that has led to suggestions such as ‘remain tolerant, negotiate
for peace, learn to live with your neighbours’.”
What we are
dealing with here in Benue is a calculated, well-planned, full-scale genocidal
invasion and land grabbing campaign by header terrorists and bandits, which has
been going on for decades and is worsening every year.
Wrong diagnosis will always lead to wrong treatment. So, we are dealing with something far more sinister than we think about. It’s not learning to live with your neighbors; it is dealing with the war,” the traditional ruler said
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