{"id":159901,"date":"2025-04-19T22:22:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T21:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ezza-indigenes-killed-others-missing-in-fresh-attack-on-benue-community"},"modified":"2025-04-22T22:18:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:18:23","slug":"ezza-indigenes-killed-others-missing-in-fresh-attack-on-benue-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ezza-indigenes-killed-others-missing-in-fresh-attack-on-benue-community","title":{"rendered":"Ezza indigenes killed, others missing in fresh attack on Benue community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Tension has escalated in Ado Local Government Area of Benue State following a renewed attack on Otsukputu community on Friday, resulting in the death of two individuals of Ezza extraction and the disappearance of several others.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued on Saturday by the Ezza Ezekuna Benue Development Association, EEBDA, the victims\u2014Mr Jude Nweke and Mrs Nwankwo Umanyi\u2014were brutally murdered in what community leaders described as an unprovoked assault, allegedly perpetrated by suspected Effium attackers.<\/p>\n<p>The President-General of EEBDA, Perpetual Nkechi Okafor, and the chairman of the association\u2019s board of trustees, Chief Ogbuefi Nweke Linus Chinedu, who both signed the statement, strongly condemned the attack and called for immediate government intervention.<\/p>\n<p>The group expressed deep concern over the ongoing targeting of Ezza communities in Ado LGA, revealing that several individuals remain unaccounted for in the aftermath of Friday\u2019s incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are calling on the Benue State governor, the Inspector-General of Police, and all relevant security agencies to urgently intervene and halt the ongoing violence against our people. It is imperative to establish security camps in the affected areas to protect lives and property and restore peace in Ado LGA,\u201d the statement read in part.<\/p>\n<p>The association also appealed to non-governmental organisations and civil society actors to lend their voices and resources towards addressing the growing humanitarian crisis in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The latest incident marks another chapter in the persistent communal clashes that have plagued parts of Benue and neighbouring Ebonyi State, as tensions between the Effium and Ezza communities continue to escalate, claiming lives and displacing families.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of filing this report, security operatives had yet to issue an official statement regarding the incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Tension has escalated in Ado Local Government Area of Benue State following a renewed attack on Otsukputu community on Friday, resulting in the death of two individuals of Ezza extraction and the disappearance of several others. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the Ezza Ezekuna Benue Development Association, EEBDA, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":159900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[331,4612,254],"class_list":["post-159901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-benue","tag-ezza","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ezza indigenes killed, others missing in fresh attack on Benue community - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tension has escalated in Ado Local Government Area of Benue State following a renewed attack on Otsukputu community on F ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ezza-indigenes-killed-others-missing-in-fresh-attack-on-benue-community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ezza indigenes killed, others missing in fresh attack on Benue community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tension has escalated in Ado Local Government Area of Benue State following a renewed attack on Otsukputu community on F ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ezza-indigenes-killed-others-missing-in-fresh-attack-on-benue-community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-19T21:22:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-22T21:18:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745089249.495521.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ezza-indigenes-killed-others-missing-in-fresh-attack-on-benue-community#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ezza-indigenes-killed-others-missing-in-fresh-attack-on-benue-community\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ezza indigenes killed, others missing in fresh attack on Benue community\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-19T21:22:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-22T21:18:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ezza-indigenes-killed-others-missing-in-fresh-attack-on-benue-community\"},\"wordCount\":304,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ezza-indigenes-killed-others-missing-in-fresh-attack-on-benue-community#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745089249.495521.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Benue\",\"Ezza\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ezza-indigenes-killed-others-missing-in-fresh-attack-on-benue-community#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ezza-indigenes-killed-others-missing-in-fresh-attack-on-benue-community\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ezza-indigenes-killed-others-missing-in-fresh-attack-on-benue-community\",\"name\":\"Ezza indigenes killed, others missing in fresh attack on Benue community - 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