Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Farida Waziri, has called on former governors, lawmakers, traditional rulers, and other key stakeholders in Benue State to put aside their differences, and take urgent action to protect their people from ongoing attacks and killings in the state.
Waziri, a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police and Principal Partner, Brookfield Chambers, Abuja, stated this while donating relief materials to victims of the recent attacks and killings in Yelwata community and displaced persons at the IDP camp in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, on Saturday.
Some of the items donated under the banner of a non-governmental organisation founded by her, the Women, Youth, Children and Crime Organisation, include bags of rice, sugar, and tubers of yam, according to a statement by Austine Willimas.
She emphasised that the current situation in the state was not a time for political squabbling, but a moment to set aside all differences and stand united to protect Benue man, woman, and child.
Waziri noted, “Act with urgency, act with purpose because what we face now increasingly resembles a deliberate, coordinated effort to erase our people and our heritage.”
She added that meetings alone would not solve the problem.
“But let us be sincere: peace will not come from meetings alone. To end the cycle of violence, we must confront its roots. Before the Yelwata massacre, communities in Gwer West, Apa, and Guma had already endured weeks of killings, kidnappings, and raids.
“These horrors did not emerge in a vacuum; they are symptoms of deeper issues,” she said,
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