Peter Obi set to go to Benue, honour 271 Yelewata victims

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Obi, is scheduled to go to Benue state on Wednesday November 11, 2026.

During the go to, Obi will first go to Yelewata, the place over 200 individuals had been killed in June, 2025, earlier than holding a city corridor assembly with NDC supporters at Mission House close to Wurukum market in Makurdi.

The get together’s governorship candidate in Benue state, Professor Terhemba Shija, disclosed this throughout a press convention in Makurdi on Tuesday November 10, 2026.

Shija stated Obi would go to Yelewata to pay tribute to the 271 victims of the lethal assault on the neighborhood and commiserate with their households.

He defined that the previous Anambra state governor would additionally maintain a city corridor assembly with residents at Mission House, Wurukum, Makurdi, to current his imaginative and prescient for the nation.

Shija, nonetheless, alleged that the Benue state authorities was planning to disrupt Obi’s go to, significantly his deliberate go to to Yelewata, and urged safety businesses to guard him and his supporters.

He additionally unveiled his Rescue and Reset Agenda for Benue state forward of Obi’s go to, saying it will tackle insecurity, financial backwardness and the poor utilisation of the state’s human and pure sources.

Shija pledged to prioritise large-scale agriculture, stable mineral growth, tourism and funding in water, air, rail and highway transportation infrastructure.

He recognized about 17 stable mineral deposits in business portions in Benue, together with limestone, gold, lithium, coal, lead-zinc, gypsum and bitumen, noting that his authorities would search partnerships to harness them.

He additional described Benue state because the meals basket of Nigeria, citing its roughly 34,800 sq. kilometres of fertile and arable land, and promised to leverage its agricultural potential for financial prosperity.