The Yelwata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State is in mourning after a brutal attack by suspected herdsmen on June 13-14, resulting in the deaths of over 100 people. Some reports suggest the death toll may be as high as 200.
Prince Aondona Isaka Ornguga, has revealed on his Facebook page that he Lost 23 family members in the massacre.
Ornguga, a former Senior Special Assistant to ex-Governor Samuel Ortom on Local Government Administration, said the 23 victims were all related to him through his maternal lineage.
“I spoke with two of the victims -Victor Utim and Mathew Iormba – about three weeks ago. They are my first cousins from Tse Tarbee, my mother’s village. While Utim just wrote JAMB, and we were working on getting admission for him. Iormba told me he went to check his business around there,” he narrated.
He expressed worry that the victims were k!lled in the most inhumane manner.
“Iormba was a pharmacist. He had a tall dream, but look at how it all ended for them. And for Utim, this is not what we discussed,” Ornguga lamented.
A survivor of the attack, Mama Victoria Tyobee, said she still could not fathom how she escaped from the armed men.
She said, “We were sleeping when, about midnight, I heard a gunshot, and looking through the window, I saw one of the attackers with a weapon standing right by my house. As I was wondering what to do next, there were sporadic gunshots, and the man fled into the nearby bushes.
“It was after a while that I mustered the courage to step out of the house. I later discovered that my relatives were not so fortunate. We lost three of them. It’s indeed a very sad experience.”
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