Génocide: Benue attáck survivors recount hôrror experience

Survivors of the recent brutal assault on Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State have shared harrowing accounts of the violence that left many dead and homes destroyed.

In a video interview with News Central TV, one of the survivors, Michael Ajah, described the devastating impact of the attack, revealing that he lost no fewer than 20 family members in the onslaught believed to have been carried out by suspected herdsmen.

Ajah, visibly shaken, recounted how armed attackers stormed the village, unleashing terror as they shot indiscriminately and set houses on fire, forcing residents to flee for their lives.

He said:

“My people, my family members, they died in this house, 11. Some died in the other store, eight, and some died here. My whole family members that died yesterday, the day before yesterday, on that very day, there were 20.

“That is my own family members. I’m not talking about any other thing. That is my own family members.

“And the store where I pack my goods, I store my goods everywhere. That’s burnt. They burnt my clothes. They burnt everything. They burnt our food. All my family members.

“What we came out with is our clothes, what we wear. And I, standing here, this is what I came out with. And this is the only thing that I have. There is nothing with me.”

Recounting how the incident happened he said: “On that very day, rain started in the evening. So we entered. I slept there. So, I was sleeping. Around 10.20, we heard gunshots at the back there. So, before we could notice that something has happened, fulani men, they entered this place.

“They were speaking and I was inside the room and I heard them clearly, not somebody told me. I was inside the room there and they surrounded that room. I escaped narrowly. My brother was burnt in this house. Some escaped. My dad was burnt in this house.” [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>