{"id":119846,"date":"2025-06-18T19:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119846"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:49:07","slug":"benue-group-urges-tinubu-to-overhaul-security-system-provide-support-for-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/benue-group-urges-tinubu-to-overhaul-security-system-provide-support-for-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Benue: Group Urges Tinubu To Overhaul Security System, Provide Support for Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1835279385884746506\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1835279385884746506-header\" class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1835279385884746506-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the recent massacre of over 200 defenseless Nigerians in Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, the Conflict Research Network West Africa (CORN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently restructure Nigeria\u2019s failing security architecture.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Executive Director of CORN, Dr. Timipere Allison, stressed that community-based conflict prevention and sustained federal action are crucial to ending the cycle of violence.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement he signed on Wednesday, personally signed by Dr. Allison and released to the press on Wednesday through CORN\u2019s Director of Communication, Professor Oludayo Tade, the network also demanded immediate trauma counselling and support for survivors and families of the victims, emphasizing that government\u2019s inaction has emboldened non-state actors to continue their reign of terror.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe ability of non-state actors to terrorize communities with impunity exposes deepening weaknesses in the state\u2019s security apparatus. This climate of lawlessness emboldens perpetrators, who continue to destroy lives and undermine national stability,\u201d Allison noted.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He urged President Tinubu to ensure protection for vulnerable communities across Benue and beyond, while calling for a prompt, transparent investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice. The CORN Director further appealed for adequate resource allocation to strengthen the Nigeria Police, Military, and State Security Services for effective response and protection of human life.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">CORN West Africa commended all state and non-state actors working to restore peace and stability in the North-Central region of Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Providing insights from CORN\u2019s extensive research, Dr. Allison stated: \u201cOur research has shown that the absence of law enforcement in communities creates the conditions for non-state armed groups to carry out these heinous crimes against citizens living in rural areas of the Middle-Belt.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This calls for a fundamental restructuring of Nigeria\u2019s security architecture. This new structure must include security that is embedded within communities and integrated into the justice system to ensure not only law and order but the rule of law when crimes are committed in rural communities.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He assured that CORN will continue to collaborate with civil society organisations, community leaders, policymakers, and other stakeholders to promote peace, justice, reconciliation, and the protection of human dignity across Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Expressing deep shock over the Yelewata massacre, Dr. Allison stated, \u201cThe management and members of Conflict Research Network West Africa (CORN) are deeply shocked by the gruesome killing of at least 150 civilians in Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. This senseless attack, one of many in the escalating wave of violence that has ravaged North-Central Nigeria, reveals a catastrophic failure by the government to safeguard its citizens. We unequivocally condemn this heinous act.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Such atrocities not only target innocent individuals but threaten the collective security and future of the Nigerian state. 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