{"id":68234,"date":"2025-06-16T16:30:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68234"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:30:03","slug":"2baba-decries-benue-massacre-demands-urgent-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/16\/2baba-decries-benue-massacre-demands-urgent-action\/","title":{"rendered":"2Baba Decries Benue Massacre, Demands Urgent Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Popular Nigerian musician and Benue State government adviser, Innocent Idibia, known as 2Baba, has condemned the recent massacre in Yelewata, Benue State, calling it a national emergency that demands urgent action.<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared online, 2Baba, who serves as Technical Adviser to Governor Hyacinth Alia on Entertainment and Community Outreach, expressed deep sorrow over the killings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart is heavy. I am terribly sad and angry,\u201d he said. \u201cThis keeps happening over and over again. This has to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He urged political, traditional, and community leaders in the state to set aside differences and unite for peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is happening in Benue is no longer something we can just condemn in words. Serious action needs to be taken,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The attack on Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area left at least 59 dead, according to official figures, though some reports suggest the toll may be higher.<\/p>\n<p>Victims were reportedly burned alive in their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Alia condemned the killings and blamed herders from Nasarawa State.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International also called the attack part of a pattern of unchecked violence in Benue, urging the federal government to act.<\/p>\n<p>2Baba, a native of Benue, has consistently used his platform to promote peace and community development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo Popular Nigerian musician and Benue State government adviser, Innocent Idibia, known as 2Baba, has condemned the recent massacre in Yelewata, Benue State, calling it a national emergency that demands urgent action. In a video shared online, 2Baba, who serves as Technical Adviser to Governor Hyacinth Alia on Entertainment and Community Outreach, expressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":68235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68236,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68234\/revisions\/68236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}