10,217 persons killed in 2yrs: Still playing games with security
By Adekunle Adekoya RECENTLY, the newswires were awash with reports that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede has relocated to Benue State, ostensibly in a show of force following endless killings by herdsmen militias in that state. Without fear of equivocation, one can say that Benue is the most embattled of all the states of the federation, given the frequency of attacks and scale of killings in that state. Plateau will be second on that gruesome list. Kaduna, under Nasir el-Rufai would have trumped both, given the bloodbath that took place in that state, but something happened; there is palpable relief as the orgy of killings there, particularly in Southern Kaduna, seems to have abated. What happened in Kaduna? Can we make it happen in Benue and Plateau? According to a 29 May, 2025 report by Amnesty International, no less than 10,217 people were killed in two years since the Tinubu administration came on board, with over 6,896 killed in Benue State alone, and at least 2...