{"id":119906,"date":"2025-06-20T19:09:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119906"},"modified":"2025-06-20T19:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:09:24","slug":"benue-informants-misled-troops-on-yelewatas-attacked-cds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/benue-informants-misled-troops-on-yelewatas-attacked-cds\/","title":{"rendered":"Benue: Informants misled troops on Yelewata\u2019s attacked \u2013 CDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div>By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Christopher Musa has revealed that troops of the Nigerian Army stationed to guard Yelewata and adjourning communities received false information that moved them to a different location before the community was attacked.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, Musa said on the day of the attack, troops in Yelewata community were told that another community was under siege, and while they moved, the killers swarmed Yelewata.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The CDS blamed some community members for \u201cproviding information on the movement of troops\u201d to the aggressors which is making it very difficult to curtail the killings.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cBecause of the insider information, the actual day that it (attack) happened, the troops were there.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThere was a fake attack in the other village when the troops moved in; that is when they came to attack the other one. That is what happened.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThere are people telling them about the movements of the troops. I can tell you that when troops are moving on an operation, there are people who are monitoring the soldiers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cTelling them about the number of vehicles and soldiers. People are giving them that information.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe places they burnt were targeted. They were specific areas. Those areas where the IDPs were staying. The question is, those guys that did it (attack), how did they know that this is where the IDPs were staying?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWithin the communities, there are people giving information about what is happening in the areas.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Musa said that residents of the communities harboured the assailants while handing them food and \u201cwomen\u201d.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On June 14, gunmen attacked Yelewata and Daudu communities in Guma LGA of Benue, with over 200 people left dead afterwards.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Christopher Musa has revealed that troops of the Nigerian Army stationed to guard Yelewata and adjourning communities received false information that moved&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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