Senate Demands Action As Benue Massacre Toll Hits 113

…Six Mobile Police Officers Among Victims

The Senate has condemned the killing of 113 individuals, together with six cellular law enforcement officials, in coordinated assaults on communities in Benue State, demanding pressing federal intervention to halt the bloodshed and forestall additional lack of lives.

The lawmakers, who unanimously adopted a movement on Thursday, known as for intensified safety operations, improved intelligence gathering, the arrest of perpetrators and speedy humanitarian help for 1000’s of residents displaced by the assaults.

The movement, sponsored by Senator Emmanuel Udende, who represents Benue North-East Senatorial District, adopted a recent wave of violence in Katsina-Ala, Ukum and Logo native authorities areas through the Senate recess.

Moving the movement below Orders 41 and 51 of the Senate Standing Rules, Udende mentioned the assaults had left a path of demise and destruction, displacing 1000’s of households, destroying property price hundreds of thousands of naira and disrupting farming actions throughout the affected communities.

He disclosed that 24 individuals have been killed within the Sai neighborhood in Katsina-Ala, whereas 63 others died in assaults on Mbaom and Aboju villages in Ukum native authorities space.

Another 15 individuals, together with six cellular law enforcement officials reportedly on responsibility, have been killed in Ayilammo, Logo native authorities space. Further assaults have been additionally reported on October 8, 2026, in Sebiliji and Seshishi Nyaku villages in Ukum.

“In total, 113 precious lives were lost, properties worth millions of Naira destroyed, and thousands of families displaced from their ancestral homes,” Udende informed the Senate.

He warned that the recurring assaults had deepened the hardship dealing with rural communities, notably farmers whose livelihoods rely upon agriculture.

The senator lamented that the violence had crippled financial actions and left residents more and more susceptible, insisting that pressing intervention was essential to cease the killings and restore peace.

The deaths of six cellular law enforcement officials additionally heightened considerations amongst senators, who argued that the assaults demonstrated the pressing want to strengthen safety operations within the troubled communities.

The lawmakers known as for the deployment of further safety personnel, ample operational gear and more practical intelligence-driven methods to guard residents and forestall additional assaults.

Adopting the movement unanimously, the Senate condemned the killings and known as on the Federal Government to take speedy and decisive motion to finish the recurring violence within the affected communities.

The higher chamber urged the federal government to make sure coordinated safety operations backed by enough personnel, gear and logistical help.

It particularly known as on the Inspector-General of Police, the Chief of Army Staff and heads of different safety and intelligence companies to strengthen operations within the affected areas.

The companies have been additionally urged to determine efficient early-warning and rapid-response mechanisms, examine the killings, apprehend these accountable and guarantee sustained safety for susceptible communities.

The Senate harassed that improved coordination amongst safety companies was vital to figuring out threats early and stopping assaults earlier than they escalated.

In a transfer to deal with the humanitarian fallout, the Senate mandated the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), working with the Benue State Emergency Management Agency and different related authorities, to offer speedy aid supplies and humanitarian help to displaced residents and different victims.

The intervention is predicted to offer urgently wanted meals, shelter and important provides to households compelled to flee their properties by the violence.

The Senate additionally mandated its Committee on Legislative Compliance to watch the implementation of the resolutions, notably the deployment of further safety personnel to the affected communities.

The lawmakers noticed a minute of silence in honour of the victims and expressed condolences to their households and the affected communities.

They additionally commiserated with the Nigeria Police Force over the lack of the six cellular law enforcement officials reportedly killed whereas on responsibility in Ayilammo.

The newest bloodbath has renewed considerations in regards to the security of rural communities in Benue, one in every of Nigeria’s main food-producing states, the place persistent violence has displaced residents, disrupted farming and threatened livelihoods.

The Senate’s intervention comes amid persevering with requires a sustained safety technique to deal with recurring assaults, enhance intelligence gathering and shield susceptible populations.